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HISTORY 



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JOHN T A Y LOR 

OF HADLEY 



INCLUDING ACCOUNTS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND MEETINGS 

OF THE TAYLOR REUNION ASSOCIATION OF HADLEY, 

MASSACHUSETTS, AND THE GENEALOGY OF 

THE DESCENDANTS OF THE ANCESTOR. 



REV. ELBERT O. TAYLOR 

Historian and Compiler 
95 CoLBERG Avenue, Boston 



Remember the days of old, consider the yean of many generations : ask thy father, 
and he -will show thee ; thy elders and they ivill tell thee. — Deut. xxxii : 7. 



BOSTON, U. S. A. 

PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATION 

1903 



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OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION: 



PRESIDENT, 

GEORGE S. TAYLOR, Chicopee Falls. 



SECRETARY, 



VICE-PRESIDENT, 

WILLARD A. TAYLOR, Granby. 

TREASURER, 



MRS. ELLEN TAYLOR SMITH, Northboro. ELMER R. TAYLOR, Chicopee Falls. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 

REV. ELBERT O. TAYLOR, Boston ; WILLARD A. TAYLOR, Granby ; 

REV. FREDERICK C. TAYLOR, Thorndike ; JOHN G. TAYLOR, Granby ; 

JOHN TILLEY, Holyoke ; 
and the President and Secretary, ex qfficiis. 



PRINTED BY THE SOUTHGATE PRESS 



RIPLEY CO. 



BOSTON, U , 




GEORGE SYLVESTER TAYLOR 



HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR 
OF HADLEY 



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i EXPLANATORY 

THREE people, descendants of the John Taylor family, living 
widely separated from each other, were moved at varying 
periods during the last ten years to look up the history of 
their ancestors. These were Mrs. Clara A. H. H. Smith of New 
York City, Mrs. Ellen Taylor Smith of Northboro, Mass., and 
Elbert O. Taylor of Boston, Mass. Mrs. Smith of New York 
was the pioneer in this work, and had not only gathered much 
valuable material through extensive correspondence, but had 
untangled many knotty threads in the history. Mrs. Smith of 
Northboro had also secured much information, and was first to 
propose and attempt a reunion of the Taylors of Granby, Mass., 
looking towards the compilation of genealogical data. The first 
effort of this kind was made in 1901, which proved a failure. 
Undaunted, her second attempt was highly successful. This 
meeting was held at Mountain Park, Holyoke, at the base of 
Mt. Tom, Aug. 28, 1902. For this occasion, the third member 
of the trio was asked to present a paper, embodying such 
material as had been furnished by the combined efforts of the 
three. This was done, the body of the paper being reproduced 
in this sketch substantially as given at that time, with 
added data. 

The interest awakened by the reading of this sketch culminated 
in the organization of "The Taylor Reunion Association of Had- 
ley, Mass.," for the purpose of prosecuting the work of research 
until a more complete history of the Taylor family should be 
secured. The compiler of the records in this pamphlet was ac- 
cordingly encouraged to continue his work and publish the re- 
sults as soon as possible, in simple form, as a basis for future 
investigation. 

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4 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

Those into whose hands this record may chance to fall will 
thus try to remember that it is not given to the public as a per- 
fect work, but with the view of making it complete by corrections 
and additions which may be suggested by members of the various 
branches of the Taylor family. It will be easily observed that, 
notwithstanding long-continued, laborious, painstaking and some- 
what expensive correspondence, and tours conducted in order to 
secure the facts, there yet remains much that is mere conjecture, 
as, for instance, the origin of our ancestor, John Taylor, and that 
several entire branches starting at Hadley have been lost m the 
quick-sands of time. 

I would feel myself guilty of base ingratitude should I fail to 
acknowledge herein the exceeding helpfulness and advice, not 
only of the other two members of the "pioneer trio," but of many 
others who for their respective branches have been prompt and 
painstaking in gathering data. Special mention should be made, 
however, of invaluable assistance rendered by Willard A. Taylor 
and Miss Lucia J. Taylor, of Granby, and of great courtesy 
shown by Elbridge Kingsley, historian of Hadley, and by Dr. 
F. H. Smith, Secretary of the Library Building Association of 
Hadley, in determining facts connected with the settlement of 
John Taylor in Hadley. 

A great many authorities have been consulted in compilmg 
this work, chief among which are, Judd's "History of Hadley," 
Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary," Hughes' "American An- 
cestry," "History of Connecticut Valley," " New England Histor- 
ical Register," Stiles' "History of Ancient Windsor," "State House 
Archives of Massachusetts," besides family and town records of 
Granby, South Hadley, Wilbraham, Northampton, Hatfield, 
Springfield, Ludlow, Leicester, Amherst, and various tomb- 
stone ''records. These authorities are referred to only in impor- 
tant instances. , n • j 
The request is made for prompt cooperation of all interested 
in the future work of completing this genealogical record. Ad- 
dress correspondence to the compiler, 

Elbert Ozial Taylor. 

95 CoLBERG Avenue, Boston, Mass., 
October i, 1903. 



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REV. ELBERT OZIAL TAYLOR, D. D. 



FIRST REUNION — MT. TOM 

The Springfield Republican of August 29, 1903, contained 
substantially the following account of the first reunion of the 
John Taylor family of Hadley, Mass., which will be a suffi- 
ciently elaborate account of that memorable and interesting 
occasion : 

Members of the Taylor family to the number of seventy-five 
gathered at Mountain Park, Holyoke, Mass., August 28, 1902, 
and organized "The Taylor Reunion Association of Hadley," 
that old town formerly including South Hadley and Granby, in 
which places many Taylors reside. A basket lunch was enjoyed, 
and at a business meeting the following officers were elected: 
President, Ex-Mayor George S. Taylor of Chicopee Falls; Vice- 
President, Willard A. Taylor of Granby; Secretary, Mrs. Ellen 
Taylor Smith of Northboro; Treasurer, Elmer R. Taylor of Chic- 
opee Falls; Executive Committee, Rev. Elbert O. Taylor of Bos- 
ton; Willard A. Taylor of Granby; Rev. Frederick C. Taylor of 
Thorndikc; John G. Taylor of Granby ; and Charles Hall of 
Springfield. 

Rev. Dr. E. O. Taylor, the historian of the day, presented an 
elaborate genealogical paper tracing the family history back to 
John Taylor, who came to this country from England supposedly 
about the year 1660, and shortly after went to Hadley where he 
became one of the original settlers of that town. The family is 
a numerous one, and its members are now widely scattered, 
many having attained prominence in various walks of life. 

Among the first members of the family to settle in Granby 
was Ebenezer, son of our ancestor, who went there in 1727. The 
land which he bought has been passed down in possession from 
father to son, and the children of Willard A. Taylor are the 
seventh generation in direct descent who have resided on that 
historic spot. The original deed was given by Moses Cook to 
Ebenezer Taylor, dated 1744, over the seal of King George in 

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the seventeenth year of his Majesty's reign, and was placed upon 
exhibition on this occasion as a matter of great historic interest. 

Dr. Taylor's address was listened to with much interest, and 
was followed by a number of informal talks. The social features 
of the occasion were also very much enjoyed. Members of the 
family were present from Chicopee, Westfield, Northboro, Thorn- 
dike, Boston, Granby, South Hadley, Holyoke, and Springfield. 

The paper presented by Dr. Taylor was approved by the 
Association for publication as a basis for future research lookmg 
toward a complete history of the family. 

The meeting then adjourned subject to the call of the execu- 
tive committee, with the understanding that another reunion 

would be held in 1903. 

Mrs. Ellen Taylor Smith, 

Secretary oj the Association. 
Northboro, Mass., 
August 30, 1902. 




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SECOND REUNION — HADLEY 

The great interest awakened by the first family reunion at 
Mountain Park in 1902 betokened a larger gathering and wider 
interest on future occasions. Accordingly, during the morning 
hours of August 27, 1903, cars and carriages deposited groups 
of genial people, who had come to the "Wide Street" of Hadley, 
Mass., to hold their second annual meeting upon the spot which 
had been the home of their common ancestor, John Taylor, more 
than two hundred years before. 

Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Dickinson, the present occupants of the 
place, had generously thrown open both house and grounds for 
the use of the Taylor family. When the noon hour arrived, 
tables on the lawn were spread with the contents of well-filled 
lunch baskets, and about ninety members of the family, with a 
few invited guests, gathered about them. Well-chosen words of 
cordial welcome were spoken by President George S. Taylor of 
Chicopee Falls. Rev. Dr. Elbert O. Taylor of Boston then in- 
troduced, as special guests of the day, Mr. Elbridge Kingsley, 
artist and historian of Hadley, Dr. F. H. Smith, secretary of the 
Library Building Association of Hadley, and Rev. Dr. J. W. 
Lane of North Hadley, all of whom responded briefly, as did 
several other members of the family, who were also introduced 
and enthusiastically welcomed because of the long journeys taken 
that they might be present. Among these were Hon. Edward B. 
Wells, Clyde, N.Y.; Ansel Miner Taylor and Edwin Hapgood 
Taylor, Rushford, N.Y.; Nelson A. Taylor, Hampstead, N.H.; 
and Mrs. Ohvia Pamelia (Wells) Dada, Chicago, Ills. 

The scene seemed like being ushered into a new world. Faces 
were there which we had never dreamed of as belonging to our 
family group. All formality and exclusiveness were relegated to 
the background, while cordiality and freedom were dominant. 
Everybody felt at home with everybody else, although they had 
never met before. 

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Not least among the pleasant feattjres of *e occasion were the 
unexpected greetings read from a large number of the family 
who could not be present, representing many sections of tire coun- 
Z Among these were John Colton Taylor and family. W.l- 

y. Among Skowhegan, Me.; Plm 

Airx ^l^In^ti, Rushford. N.Y.; Mrs. Addie Taylor 
Fuller and family. Manistique. Mich.; Elijah Pomeroy Taylor 
T r, N Y ■ Lieut.-Gov. Frank Wayland Higgms, Clean, N.Y., 
T'aZ'MZ Hapgood Higgins Smith. N^ Yo^ C t 
George J. Lyman, Hartford. Ct.; Mrs. Mmerva Butterfield Hall 
and f^ily. Springfield, Mass.; WiUard Sylvester Taylor Cooke. 
E Leigton. M--; Mrs. Judge Horace Taylor and daughter, 
Rockford ml; Justus Taylor (ninety-four years oH and '-^^^ 
Wilmington. O.; David Taylor (ninety-two years old), Noah C. 
^yTor.^Asa H. Pepper and Mrs. AUie Taylor Calef and families 

Washington. Vt.; Miss Myrtle Emily Taylor Nye, Camden. N.J., 
and Ellen V. Powers, Lebanon, Vt. , . , . 

Dr T W. Lane invoked the divine blessing, after which a boun- 
tiful 'lunch was enjoyed under th-e embowered canopy of he 
sutely elms in froni of the lawn, some of which have passed the 
cycle of more than 150 years. 

'Following a brief business meeting. Dr. Taylor Presented a 
paper of great historical value, which was received with much 
saUsfaction, and which is given in the following sketch The re- 
mling hours of the afternoon were pleasantly spent in visiting 
points of historic interest to the family, under the guidance of 
M Kingsley. No place thrilled the heart of the visitor more 
th n th . so'beautifully kept, on the grounds of which we me^ 
- the home-lot of John Taylor. The house a stately, two-story 
frame building, the timbers of which were the framework of the 
first house built on the spot by Governor Webster, was gazed 
upon with reverential awe. and visited from cellar to at ic by 
many of the company. Other places, described m full m the 
following pages, were in turn visited, and when the sun began to 
Irk the evening hour we were still loath to say farewell to each 
other and to the spot made sacred by the footsteps of our worthy 
ancestors. ^^^ ^^^^^^ Taylor Smith. 

Secretary. 




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ANCESTRAL BEGINNINGS 

OBLIGATIONS TO THE PAST 

It is a noticeable fact that during the last few years there has 
been awakened in our country a wide-spread interest in ances- 
tral history. In our own attempts to unravel the tangled 
threads of the Taylor genealogy we have discovered several new 
publications which have been put out within the last ten years, 
each dealing with some particular branch of the original family. 

It is with some sense of shame, however, that we are unable 
to record attempts, which should have been made generations 
long since gone, to do what we now propose. Tracing pedigree 
is a fad in everything else than ancestral genealogy. We pedi- 
gree our horses, cattle, sheep, swine, dogs, cats, birds, hares and 
rabbits. We take pride in being able to trace our apples and 
peaches back to the respective originals of their kind. People 
who have experienced the delicious flavor of the Concord grape 
have felt it to be a rare privilege to gaze upon the original vine 
still in existence in Concord, Mass. When we stop to think 
seriously about it all, we wonder, indeed, that we should have 
been so negligent of our own pedigree. And yet it is natural and 
inevitable that during the settlement of a new country, history 
and ancestry should be more or less forgotten, while faces are 
set toward the building of homes for the future. The character 
of the first work of a nation in natural order of its building is 
material, commercial, industrial. Everything is in a formative 
state, but after the lands are taken up, homes are made, schools 
established, churches built, the wheels of commerce well under 
way, then comes the period of reflection, culture, art and ancestral 
pride. Eyes are turned backward to the great sources of pros- 
perity. The inquiry becomes general, where did all this come 
from? Who started all this machinery? To whom is the credit 
due? What were the sacrifices made to bring it to pass? How 
do I stand related to it? Were my father and mother among 
those first people? In trying to answer such questions, the chil- 

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dren begin to plan for home coming. They with their children 
journey back to the old homestead to see for themselves where 
their fathers and mothers, grandfathers and grandmothers, wrought 
in their behalf, there to weep over their graves, rejoice over their 
triumphs and receive a fresh inspiration for life's duties. 

We of to-day owe it to ourselves to look into the history of 
our ancestors. They have labored and we have entered into 
their labors. We are prosperous and happy, largely because of 
their life, patience, instruction, intelligence, virtue, faith, prayer, 
sacrifice, patriotism and religion. Common decency requires that 
we shall not let their names perish from the earth. A people 
which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote an- 
cestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered 
with pride by remote descendants, wrote Macaulay. We owe it 
to our children and all future generations to preserve the sources 
of our home life, of our citizenship, and of our educational and 
religious institutions. So long as we remain a government "of the 
people, by the people, and for the people," so long must we con- 
tinue to place strong emphasis upon the home life of the people. 
No sooner does pride of ancestry decline than home life begins 
to degenerate. If it may be said that our national life has begun 
to wane, we are sure the primal reason therefor lies in the evi- 
dences about us of a corresponding weakening of home influ- 
ences. Patriotism, religion and self-respect, combine in demand- 
ing a study into, and a strengthening of the home ties which link 
us to an honored ancestry. It is with much satisfaction then 
that we have at last entered upon a work which shall look back- 
ward to get possession of important first events in ancestral his- 
tory, passing them down the line of posterity for the inspiration 
of our children's children. 




JUSTUS TAYLOR 



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ORIGIN OF THE TAYLORS 

While it matters not so mucli where we came from as what 
we arc-, yet we have had a just pride in searching diligently, but 
so far m vam for authentic pre-American history of the branch 
of the Taylor family to which we belong. What is given herein 
IS merely suggestive, based upon a prevalent heliej that all the 
Taylors have a common origin, which is that of the Norman 
Baron Tajllefer, who lost his life at the battle of Hastings, under 
Duke Wilham, the Norman Conqueror, in 1066, whose name, 
through corruptions of time, came to be "Taylefer," in the reign 
ot Henry HI., about 1250, from which in the time of Edward HI 
about 1350, it became "Taylor," with variations of "Taylour" 
"Tayleur," "Tailer," and "Tayler." Some branches fn this 
country assume the ability to trace their history in direct line 
back hrough Edward the Emigrant, who came to this coun y 
n 1692, to the battle of Hastings, These branches originally 
located m New Jersey, and some parts of the South. We are 
not fortunate tn our abihty to be so definite, but we take some 

th rtv two °" '° ""'^"'' "^™ " *'^ ~™''y by about 

of Wrth P-° T T ^'' ''"°" ^^° ^'" P^'^"'^ -««. "Of place 
of brth m England, nor yet in what ship he came over, much 

ess the startmg point in his ancestry. But while we are search- 

ng for hght on these questions we can claim with some presump. 

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An article by the popular writer, Eleanor Lexington, which 
ha appeared recently in various newspapers, several c<;pies of 
whch have been sent us from different parts of the country, in- 
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"The ancestor of the Taylor family was the Norman Baron 
Taillefcr. The lapse of ages has wrought changes in the orthog- 
raphy of the name, changes that almost make it unrecognizable; 
from Taillefer it became Taylefer, finally Taylor. 

"Taillefer accompanied William the Conqueror to England 
and lost his life at the battle of Hastings." 

Bulwer Lytton, in "The Last of the Saxon Kings," thus de- 
scribes his death: 

" In the midst of Duke William's cohort was the sacred gonfanon 
(standard), and in front of it, and of the whole line, rode a bold 
warrior of gigantic height, and as he rode, 

' Chanting aloud the lusty strain 
Of Roland and of Charlemagne, 
And the dead who deathless are 
Who fell at famous Roncesvalles' — 

"as he rode, and as he chanted, he seemed beside himself with 
the joy of battle; he threw up his sword in the air, catching it 
as it fell and flourishing it wildly, as if unable to restrain his fierce 
exhilaration. 

"Putting spurs to his horse, he dashed forward to the front of 
the detachment of Saxon riders and shouted: 

" ' A Taillefer! Taillefer!' and by voice and gesture challenged 
forth some one to single combat. 

"A fiery young soldier — thegn, as the Saxon word gives it — 
came forth and crossed swords with him. Taillefer, again throw- 
ing up and catching his sword with incredible rapidity, shore the 
unhappy Saxon from the helm to the chine, and riding over his 
corpse, shouting and laughing, again renewed his challenge. 

"A second rode forth and shared the same fate. Then Leo- 
fivine, the brother of the Saxon King, came in front of the army, 
not drawing his sword, but with his spear raised over his head 
and his body covered by his shield. 

"Taillefer rushed forward, his sword shivered on the Saxon 
shield, and in the same moment he fell a corpse under the hoofs 
of Leofivine's steed, transfixed by the Saxon's spear. A cry of 
woe, in which William joined his deep voice, wailed through the 
Norman ranks." 

The name of Roland, it is said, came into the family then, and 
has been borne by a member of each generation of the family to 
the present time. 

Taillefer's family received from the Conqueror large landed 
estates in the County of Kent, England, as his share of the spoils. 



ORIGIN OF THE TAYLORS jo 

Hanger Taylefer, his descendant, held lands in the tenure of 
Ospringe, in the County of Kent, in 1256, and from him is de- 
scended the present line of Taylors. 

There is a tradition also that Roland, the martyr, was an an- 
cestor of Edward, William and John who came to this country 
sometime in the seventeenth century. They received through 
the influence of Sir George Carteret, whose daughter, Catherine 
had married the grandson of Baron John Taylor, a large grant 
of land in New Jersey, and other lands in Massachusetts, where 
Wilham lost his life at Sudbury in King Phillip's War. This 
brings to light another name, John, (^ommon in our family. 

The motto on the Taylor coat of armsls'^Consequitor quod- 
cunque petit" — He accompHshes what he undertakes. 

The tradition in regard to the motto is interesting. 

A lyric poem by Uhland recounts in lively measure the valiant 
deeds of the first of the name of whom we have any record the 
doughty warrior Taillefer, who fell at the battle of Hastin-s' 

The poem is entitled ''Taillefer," and the story is told^'of his 
bold adventures, how he 

".Left the old castle to make his first journey, 
AU ready to fight or take part in a tourney." 

At the end, although he has laid down his life, Duke William 
calls out: 

"Drink to Taillefer, boys! 
His heirs shall have a whole county, fee-simple deeded, 
And a motto — Consequitor quodcunque petit." 

In "American Ancestry," by Hughes, John Taylor is said to 
have been born in 1639 and to have come^from England to Amer- 
ica, and was one of the first settlcfs of Hadley in 1662, where 
he was described as a "single young man," a "land owner," a 
" citizen." The family tradition is that he sailed for New England 
when very young, in the spirit of an adventurer. We have not 
been able to discover the original authority for the statement that 
he was born in 1639. It stands unconfirmed by every other 
known authority. But if he was born in 1639, and was an "ad- 
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could he have been more than twenty-three years of age, when 
he settled in Hadley. He must then have come over from Eng- 
land somewhere between 1655 and 1662. It will be a matter 
for future investigation, and of deep interest to us all, to make 
certain what is now a matter of conjecture relative to the English 
parentage of John Taylor. 






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"NORWOTTUCK" — OR BEGINNINGS 

IN HADLEY 

The word "Norwottuck" is the Indian term for Hadley, and 
means "the town in the midst of the river." Its appropriateness 
will be easily discovered by a reference to the diagram "Bird's 
Eye View," page i8. 

Starting with his history in Hadley as recorded by Judd, it 
appears probable that John Taylor came from Hartford, Ct., to 
Hadley. The record states that "Differences of opinion in rela- 
tion to discipline, baptism, and the qualifications for church 
membership, had so rent the churches in Hartford and Wethers- 
field (Ct.) that Gov. John Webster, Elder William Goodwin, and 
Rev. John Russell, with their friends, at length decided to seek a 
new home at a higher point on the river (Connecticut). Accord- 
ingly, on the i8th of April, 1659, sixty people signed an agree- 
ment for their regulation and government." 

In this hst of sixty people the name of John Taylor does not 
appear, but in 1662, only three years after the agreement to 
settle Hadley, and in connection with the first comers, John Tay- 
lor's name appears in the Hadley proceedings as an applicant for 
land as a "single man," and in 1666 he was married to Mary 
Selden, daughter of Thomas Selden of Hartford. As this Thomas 
Selden died in Hartford in 1655, the Thomas Selden in the Hadley 
records must have been a son. Confirmatory of this, according 
to Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary," (pp. 50 and 418) the 
widow of the first Thomas Selden married Andrew Warner of 
Hartford, who with all her five children (two had died in Hart- 
ford), including Thomas, and Mary who married John Taylor, 
removed to Hadley in 1659, the date of its settlement. This 
would establish the important fact that our ancestor must have 
been married in Hadley, and as no record appears to the con- 
trary, it is probable that he died where he had lived for at least 
fifty years. His death is recorded in 1713. Glimpses of busi- 
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ness transactions appear in his history at Hadley at intervals all 
the way between 1662 and the time of his death. Some of these 
are important as showing his exact location and his financial 
condition. 

The Platting of Hadley 

It seems that in the first planning of Hadley a wide street was 
laid out running north and south, extending from one bend in 
the Connecticut River to another. 

This unique street (see diagram, page 17) was at first laid out 
twenty rods in width, but was afterward, in 1791, cut down to 
sixteen; and when Hadley was in her highest glory was called 
one of the handsomest streets in this country. In its 
early day, however, it had "many knolls, ridges, and hollows? 
and some ponds where the geese sported." The first meeting 
house stood on an elevation opposite the original home lot of 
Richard Montague, eight feet above the level. There was a 
pond opposite a part of the house-lots of John Webster and Wil- 
liam Goodwin, which was sometimes crossed by a foot-bridge. 
The length of the street from one bend of the river to the other 
was just a mile, affording so much space in length and breadth 
that it came to be known as "The Common," and was the meet- 
ing place for religious, patriotic, and military purposes. On this 
street many men lived, and some were born, who afterward be- 
came famous in our country's history, and many historical events 
took place there of exceeding interest. With scarcely an excep- 
tion, the families who first encamped on either side of this mag- 
nificent street were of the kind out of which greatness and good- 
ness grow. Religion, education, and patriotism, three factors 
which combine to produce good citizenship, were particularly 
prominent among the early settlers of Hadley. Want of space 
forbids extensive illustration of this fact, nor is it the purpose of 
this history to go far outside of events directly connected with 
the life of John Taylor in Hadley, but a few statements seem to 
be necessary to show amid what potential environments he lived 
and brought up his children. Lots were platted on the east and 
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(8 acres). The terms "east side" and "west side" were there- 
after used to locate business transactions. 

In June, 1662, three young single men applied for land, viz.: 
John Taylor, John Ingram, and William Pixley, and in December 
a small house-lot was granted to each at the north end of the 
east house- lots, and 40;;^ allotments in the meadows (westward in 
the bend of the river), yet, these unmarried men, without prop- 
erty, received one-fifth as much land as the most wealthy head 
of a family (Judd, p. 33). The land selected by John Taylor was 
lot 22 (diagram). 

John Taylor sold his house and lot to Dr. John Westcarr, and 
bought Gov. John Webster's homestead (lot 7) sometime before 
1681. (Judd, p. 213.) By placing certain events and dates side 
by side, we reach the conclusion that John Taylor probably pur- 
chased and moved on to the Webster lot in 1666 or 1667. Our 
reasoning is this: John Taylor was married in 1666. Dr. West- 
carr came to Hadley in 1665, married in 1667, and died in 1675. 
John Webster died in 1661, after his sons had married and had 
homes of their own, leaving only daughters who became wives of 
Hadley men occupying other homes, thus placing the Webster 
property on the market for sale after 1661. It is very natural, 
and in the light of the above facts probable, that these two newly 
married couples made the deal for new homes for their brides 
about the time of their marriage in 1666 or 1667, Dr. Westcarr 
buying lot 22 of John Taylor, and the latter purchasing John 
Webster's lot 7, then on the market. There is no record of Dr. 
Westcarr occupying any other place in Hadley before his death 
in 1675, or of John Taylor occupying any other than lots 22 
and 7, making it certain that the Webster lot was purchased 
before 1675 at least, and probably at a much earlier date. Fur- 
thermore, the Hadley records of occupants as furnished by El- 
bridge Kingsley, a resident and historian of Hadley, show that 
three sons of John Taylor, Thomas, Ebenezer, and Samuel, had 
possession of the Webster place at least from 1720 to i73i> '^^' 
dicating unmistakably, that the place did not pass out of the 
hands of the family until long after the death of their father in 
1713. He therefore lived on the Webster lot from about 1667 to 
1 7 13. Upon this basis of reasoning all the nine children of John 



20 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

Taylor were born thereon, with the possible exception of Esther, 
the first child, born December 9, 1667. Ebenezer, the last child, 
was born March i, 1697. It is a matter of congratulation that 
we are able to locate so definitely the exact spot whereon these 
first children were born. Even more interesting are certain facts 
in connection with the present house standing on the Webster 
lot, which in its present shape dates back about one hundred and 
fifty years. Mr. Elbridge Kingsley writes us as follows: "Mr 
William C. Dickinson, present owner of the Webster lot, and 
myself have just been through his house from cellar to attic, and 
both have come to the astonishing conclusion, that the stones of 
the cellar wall, and the main timbers of the house belong to the 
original house of Governor Webster, and this is our method of 
reasoning: Mr. Dickinson remembers in taking down an old 
house on the William Goodwin lot (about a rod south of his 
house) that the upper story projected over the lower, that the 
beams were yellow pine and white oak, hewn and fitted in a way 
that proved its antiquity, no doubt being one of the best of the 
first houses such as Governor Webster and William Goodwin 
would have. The main timbers of the Dickinson house we found 
to be of hewn yellow pine with the same ancient fitting of joints, 
with many unused mortices in the beams, proving a former use; 
so what else should it be but framework of a first house like 
William Goodwin's." It is a matter for profound congratulation 
that we are thus able to so accurately locate the spot and identify 
even fragments of the house where our honored ancestor began 
his life in this then new country, where he brought with pride 
his young bride, where they lived happily together and brought 
up their nine children, and from which they passed to the glory 
beyond. 

Physical environments are largely the cradle of a man's for- 
tune and the mould of his character. With this in view it 
is proper to look a little further into the immediate surroundings 
of John Taylor, and incidentally chronicle some important events 
which occurred on that once famous street. Beginning on the 
west side of this street, and living next neighbor to John Taylor 
on lot 6, was William Goodwin, who was all that his name im- 
plies. He was an intelligent, broad minded and pious man. He 



THE PLATTING OF HADLEY 21 



was chosen as the first RuHng Elder of the first church of Hadley. 
He was also one of the administrators of the Hopkins Academy 
fund, and did more than any other man to make successful that 
honored institution of learning. The new Library building, re- 
cently dedicated, is a worthy tribute to his memory, and bears his 
name as the "Goodwin Memorial." On the frieze in Memorial 
Hall in that building can be seen among others the name of John 
Taylor. John Webster, whose home-lot, 7, was purchased by 
John Taylor in about 1667, was one of the founders of the 
Connecticut Colony. "He was there a Magistrate, Deputy Gov- 
ernor, Governor, and one of the Commissioners of the United 
Colonies." He was an influential member of the church in Hart- 
ford, a mover in the plan to settle Hadley, and a man of com- 
manding influence in all the first affairs of the new town. His 
career was cut short by death in 1661, and he was the first person 
to be buried in the Hadley cemetery. Noah Webster, of Dic- 
tionary fame, belonged to the same ancestry. Just north of 
this on lot 10 lived Andrew Warner, who married the widow of 
Thomas Selden of Hartford, and whose daughter, Mary, John 
Taylor had the good sense to make his wife. This Andrew 
Warner was one of the founders of Hartford, and one of the 
original settlers of Hadley. It was in his house that the first 
town meeting in Hadley was held. No family names figure more 
prominently in the early records of Hadley in matters requiring 
intelligence and integrity than those of Selden and Warner, and 
it is a matter for profound thanksgiving and flattering to family 
pride, that such was the case, for not only did John Taylor marry 
into the Warner-Selden family, but later on, Eleazer Warner 
married Esther, the first daughter of John, and Nathaniel War- 
ner married Thankful, his other only daughter. All in all we 
conclude that John Taylor must have been a man of first-class 
intelHgence and of sturdy character to have been so mixed up 
with the first families of Hadley. Farther north, on the same 
side of the street on lot 17, Gen. Joseph Hooker was born 
November 13, 1814. At the north end of the street and on the 
east side indicated by lot 22, now completely swept away by the 
river, is the first location of John Taylor in Hadley. This lot 
was bought from him by Dr. John Westcarr, who was the first 



22 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

physician of Hadley, and where he died in 1675, and we are told 
by Mr. Judd that the town was without a physician for the next 
thirty years. Coming south on the east side of this street to 
lots 27 and 28, are the original home-lots of Lt. Samuel Smith and 
his son, Deacon Phihp Smith, the latter of whom, according to Cot- 
ton Mather, became "the victim of a murderous witchcraft." It 
was the grand-daughter of this same PhiHp, viz., Mehitable Smith, 
whom Ebenezer, the youngest son of John Taylor, married. 
Lot 31 is the Samuel Porter place, whereon lives to-day the fam- 
ily of Samuel D. Smith and his maiden sister Lucy, descendants 
of Samuel Porter. Their line of descent is as follows: i. Samuel; 
2. Samuel; 3. Eleazer; 4. Ehsha; 5. Samuel; 6. Pamelia, who 
married Dudley Smith; 7. Samuel D. Smith and his sister. Many 
items of interest cluster around the home-lot of this distinguished 
family, but one of special importance is that connected with the 
entertainment of General Burgoyne thereon after his surrender at 
Saratoga. Miss Lucy Smith, who is the historian of the Porter 
family, gives us the item as follows: "General Burgoyne, after his 
surrender at Schuylerville, N.Y., near Saratoga, in 1777, was es- 
corted from the battlefield with his captured troops through New 
England to Boston by Col. Thomas Seymour. A portion of 
General Burgoyne's army was composed of Hessians. On their 
way from Canada before the surrender, these Hessians had cap- 
tured some coons and bears which proved to be very offensive 
as to odor to General Burgoyne, who refused to travel or camp 
with them. They consented to separate from his division and 
travel and camp a mile apart, provided he would allow them to 
retain their pet animals. The division took place at Great Bar- 
rington. Accordingly, when they passed through Hadley en route 
to Boston, the Hessians camped far to the south of the town, 
while General Burgoyne's division camped at the foot of Hadley 
Street, in Aqua Vitae Meadow." Col. Elisha Porter (great-grand- 
father to Miss Smith) was at Burgoyne's surrender, and when 
the British contingent reached Hadley, he invited General Bur- 
goyne into his own house and entertained him over night, while 
his body guard camped in the yard. In token of appreciation 
of the courtesy General Burgoyne presented his sword to Colonel 
Porter. This sword, with camp poles used on that occasion, are 




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sacredly preserved in the house now standing on the Porter lot, 
and may be seen by the courtesy of Samuel D. Smith. It is ap- 
propriate in this connection to say that William Taylor, son of 
Joseph, son of John,^ son of John,^ was a soldier in the Revolu- 
tionary Army, was at the surrender of General Burgoyne, and 
later served under the command of this same Col. Elisha Porter 
at New London, Ct. 

On lot 35, at the corner of this street and Middle highway, and 
where the Elmwood hotel now stands, is the spot where Rev. 
John Russell, Jr., lived, who was the first pastor of the Hadley 
Church. It was in the cellar of his house where the two "Regi- 
cides" of Charles I., supporters of Ohver Cromwell, viz., Lt.- 
Gen. Edward Whalley and Maj.-Gen. William Goffe, were for a 
long time secreted to escape the avenging hand of Charles II., 
and where General Whalley died, and his bones, supposedly, were 
found many years afterward. "Both Whalley and Goffe," says 
Judd, "were of the sixty-seven judges who passed sentence upon 
King Charles I., and of the fifty-nine who signed his death war- 
rant, January 29, 1649. When the restoration of Charles II. 
was determined, they found it necessary to escape from England." 
Whalley was a cousin of Oliver Cromwell, and Goffe was son-in- 
law to Whalley. 

The engraving, found elsewhere in this sketch, entitled "The 
Angel of the Lord," which is a reproduction of the famous paint- 
ing by Chapman, represents a thrilling incident in connection 
with General Goffe while he was in hiding in Pastor Russell's 
house. The story as usually told is, that while the people were 
at church service a band of Indians approached the town intent 
upon an attack. Just at the critical moment an unknown man 
with long white beard, of commanding, yet kindly mien, sud- 
denly appeared in their midst, not only encouraging them to 
defend themselves, but "put himself at their head, rallied, in- 
structed and led them on to encounter the enemy, who by this 
means were repulsed, and the town was saved." He immediately 
vanished as suddenly as he appeared, and the people for a long 
time afterward could not account for the phenomenon except by 
considering the strange person as the Angel of the Lord sent for 
their deliverance. 



24 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

On lot 40 is where John White lived whose great-great-grand- 
daughter, Ruth, married Jacob Taylor of Granby. 

Just behind the houses on either side of the street, and con- 
tinuing the whole length of the same, were constructed the pali- 
sades, eight feet high, as a defense against the attacks of the 
Indians in 1675. These were continued for several years, the 
inhabitants being forbidden to go outside the stockade, except in 
organized bands for self-protection^ 

In the center of the street stood the one church of the town, 
which represented the centripetal point toward which all inter- 
ests converged, and the centrifugal force which sent out from 
thence wholesome influences into the home and civic life of the 
people. The circumstances attending the planting of the town 
of Hadley, and the plan of its organization and government, war- 
rant the affirmation that the town itself practically constituted the 
first church, and that all the inhabitants were members thereof. 
All lived and moved under the fostering care and protection of 
the sanctuary, and all died and were buried beneath the shadow 
of its altar in the wilderness. ("History of the Connecticut 
Valley.") The first church was organized in 1660, and the first 
meeting house was completed in 1670. Unfortunately, the early 
church records were burned in 1766, depriving us of valuable 
data of a religious character. 

This remarkable street, so great in history as well as in area, 
has since been the scene of many imposing civic and military 
gatherings. Gen. Ebenezer Mattoon, an officer at the battle of 
Saratoga, once ordered out and brought here all the militia of 
Western Massachusetts, then over 10,000 in number. 

Such was the setting of our ancestor while he was rearing his 
family and moulding the characters of his nine children. 

Looking now beyond the street on which he lived we shall see 
that he believed in and practiced the doctrine of expansion. 
John Taylor was granted a lot in Pine Plain addition to Hadley, 
April 5, 1699. There were twenty-six grantees of lots on that 
date. These were home-lots, 16 x 80 rods, located just south of the 
Middle highway, on which they agreed to build within three years. 

The last trace of our ancestor, except that of his death, ap- 
pears in connection with the following business transaction: In 



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1 703 John Taylor, Sr., John Taylor, Jr., Eleazer Warner, who had 
married Esther, and Nathaniel Warner, who afterwards married 
Thankful, drew lots, with seventy-eight other residents, for wood 
lands adjoining Hadley, in what is now Amherst. John Taylor 
drew 103 acres. The Hadley record states also that other shares 
of the land were drawn at various times by the property owners 
of Hadley. In 1720, among the eight largest real estate owners 
in Hadley, were Nathaniel White and Nathaniel Kellogg into 
whose families the Taylors seem to have married at a later date. 
These items would also indicate the well-to-do condition of the 
Taylor family in those early times. 

The burial place of our ancestor is not definitely known, but 
he was supposedly buried in the Hadley Cemetery. Only six 
graves of the original settlers can be positively identified. This is 
for the reason that they were purposely buried incognito for fear 
that the Indians would unearth and destroy their remains. 

In concluding this sketch, we are delighted to chronicle the 
fact, after careful investigation, that the record of our ancestry is 
comparatively free from scandal. The stream that has come 
down to us from those early days, upon whose tide we are being 
borne to-day, is pure and free from all that would bring disgrace. 
No Taylor in the early record appears in unjustifiable court pro- 
ceedings; none guilty of drunkenness, or of seUing liquors; none 
were charged with witchcraft, although several became victims of 
it; and no Taylor in the whole line from John, the first, to the 
seventh generation ever lacked good common sense. On the con- 
trary, the record presents an unbroken line of moral, religious, 
industrious, thrifty, and patriotic citizenship. We have scant rep- 
resentation in the extreme of poverty, and cannot boast of a large 
following among the multi-millionaires. We distinctively belong 
to the great middle class, which has ever been the backbone of 
the nation's prosperity, which has furnished the energy and piety 
of the church, and which guarantees the security and permanence 
of our American institutions. 

As to religion, the records point to a loyal and active Chris- 
tianity. All the generations have been largely affiliated with 
some religious denomination. The early ancestors were Congre- 
gationalists, while the later generations are divided between the 



26 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

Congregationalists, Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians, the 
two first in the list largely predominating. Nearly all the New 
England Taylors are Congregationalists, while the Western are 
largely Baptists. The various professions, such as the ministry, 
law, medicine, teaching, and politics, are well represented, in 
which a goodly number have achieved eminence. We have a 
large representation, particularly in the later generations, among 
the graduates of higher institutions of learning, while our military 
record from first to last is resplendent with the glory of patriot- 
ism. 

These pages present a very imperfect and incomplete record 
of our ancestors. It must be remembered that it is but a skeleton 
which we have unearthed. To many of us it will appear as a 
genuine discovery. We have found the head, several vertebrae of 
the backbone, and a few of the ribs. In future efiforts we hope 
some one will be fortunate enough to supply us with the missing 
parts of this ancestral body. For the present, let us all rejoice 
that we have such an honored ancestry, and that we have be- 
come the inheritors of so much good wrought out by the faithful 
service and sacrifice of our forefathers. 



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BETSEY TAYLOR MARSH 



ANCESTRAL HYMN 

By Elbert O. Taylor 

God of our fathers hear 
The prayer to Thee we bear, 

Thou God above ; 
We bring our offering now, 
While we before Thee bow. 
And here renew our vow 

Of faith and love. 

Thou didst to them of old 
Give light and might untold 

While here they trod ; 
Thou art the same God yet. 
Nothing can turn or let, 
Help us to ne'er forget 

Our fathers' God. 

They toiled and prayed and wept. 
Thy laws and ways they kept, 

For us to-day ; 
That we might happy be, 
And in Thy truth be free 
To all Eternity ; 

For this we pray. 

Inspire in us new zeal, 
In mercy with us deal. 

While thus we pray ; 
Keep us as in Thy sight, 
Protect us by Thy might 
While we pursue the right. 

And serve as they. 
27 



PLAN OF THE GENEALOGY 

The method adopted in the following pages for tracing the 
various Hnes of descent, and for making the relationship easily 
understood, is as follows: John Taylor had nine children, viz., 
Esther, John, Thomas, Stephen, Mary, Thankful, Jacob, Samuel, 
and Ebenezer. Of these, Mary died young, and no mention is 
made of Jacob after his birth, therefore they will have a place 
only among the children of the Ancestor, and will not be desig- 
nated among the generations. Thomas, Stephen, Thankful, and 
Samuel each have but a single mention in the record, hence 
are brought in at first, out of the order of births and disposed 
of, leaving the record clear for the remaining three, viz., 
Esther, John, and Ebenezer, whose generations are given at 
length. Of these three, Esther's line closes with the fourth gen- 
eration, while those of John and Ebenezer are the only ones 
which continue to the present day, so far as we have been able 
to discover. The generations of these three children are taken 
up in the order of their birth, and each branch, with each sub- 
branch, is traced to the end before the next is begun, so 
that there is no mixing up of the different lines. Esther's 
descendants are traced under other names than Taylor as far as 
has been thought desirable for a Taylor genealogy. John's Une 
is taken next, and each branch, on both the male and female side 
of the line, is carried out to the seventh generation .from the 
ancestor, including the children of the eighth. 

We then come back to Ebenezer whose line is treated in the 
same way. 

The Roman numerals introducing the record of each family 
indicate the generation to which the family belongs- For ex- 
ample, John the Ancestor belongs to generation L; Esther, IL; 
Moses, IIL, and so on. 

As a rule, with a few exceptions which seemed unavoidable, 
in order to economize space, a distinct generation has not been 
indicated except in cases of those who have children, or concern- 
ing whom some special mention is made. 

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FRANCES ANGELINA MARSH 



PLAN OF THE GENEALOGY 



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The biographical sketches which appear in connection with 
the genealogy are those which have been prepared and sent to 
us by interested friends. If many others, just as worthy, have 
been left with only a mention, it is because something more 
deserving has not been forwarded to us for insertion. 

The Genealogical Index will be very serviceable in finding 
any given name involved in the genealogy. 



GENERATIONS 

JOHN TAYLOR, THE ANCESTOR, was b 1639 in Eng- 
land (see Am. Ancestry, Vol. I.), m Dec. 12, 1666, Mary, 
dau of Thomas Selden of Hartford, Ct., d Oct. 17, 1713, 
in Hadley, Mass. Wife died Jan. 7, 1713. Children, 
Esther, b Dec. 9, 1667; John, b Jan. 6, 1670; Thomas, b June 5, 
1672; Stephen, b 1674; Mary, b Oct. 12, 1676, d young (Savage); 
Thank Jul, b 1680; Jacob, b 1685; Samuel, b Dec. 3, 1688; Ebene- 
zer, b. Mar. i, 1697. 

Incomplete Record of Thomas, Stephen, 
Thankful, and Samuel 

II. Thomas Taylor, s of John,^ m Mar. 30, 1720, EHsabeth 
Prest, and d in South Hadley. She died in May, 1741. Further 
record of this branch is wanting. 

II. Stephen Taylor, s of John,^ in (i) Oct. 6, 1703, Esther 
Richards, of Hartford, Conn., where he resided. She died 1705; 
m (2) Sept. I, 1709, Violet Bigelow. Children by (2), Moses, 
h June 3, 1 7 10; Violet, b Sept. 10, 171 2; Stephen, b Jan. 9, 171 5; 
Jonathan, b Mar. 3, 1720; Esther, b Oct. 23, 1725. Further 
record of this branch is wanting. 

II. Thankful Taylor, dau of John,^ m May 10, 17 10, Na- 
thaniel Warner, of Suffield, Ct. 

II. Samuel Taylor, s of John,^ m Dec. 17, 17 19, Joanna Kel- 
logg, b June 12, 1694, dau of John Kellogg and grand-dau of 
Joseph Kellogg who came to Hadley as early as 1662, where he 
was a lieutenant and often one of the selectmen. The Kelloggs 
were among the most prominent families of the early settlers of 
Hadley. Samuel Taylor removed to South Hadley as early as 
1731, and died in 1735. She married (2) James Dewey. Chil- 

30 




REV. JOHN W. LANE 



DESCENDANTS OF ESTHER 3I 

dren of Samuel, Samuel, b Oct. 30, 1721; Joanna, b Oct. 9, 1723; 
Jonathan, b Nov. 21, 1726; Ruth; Paul; Silas. Samuel Taylor 
was identified with the church in So. Hadley. An item appears 
in the church records showing that he was appointed to "sweep 
the meeting-house " in 1734, that he died in 1735, and that his 
widow was paid 30 shillings for the work he performed. Further 
record of this branch is wanting. 

Descendants of Esther — First Child of 

Ancestor 

II. Esther Taylor (sometimes spelled Hester), dau of John^, 
m May 27, 1689, Eleazer Warner of Hadley, s of John Warner 
who came to Hadley early, and was living as late as May 17, 
1692, and then gave his real and personal property to his three 
sons, Mark, Eleazer and Nathaniel. Eleazer d May 8, 1729, 
aged 66. Esther d Dec. 28, 1748, aged 82. Children, Esther, 
b Aug. 3, 1692; Eleazer, b July 29, 1694; Stephen, b Nov. 3, 
1698; Marah, b Oct. 30, 1699; Joanna, b Sept. 22, 1706; Ruth, 
b about 1 71 2, d unmarried, Aug. 16, 1755, aged 43. 

III. Esther Warner, dau of Esther Taylor Warner,^ (John *), 
m May 23, 17 16, Samuel Smith of Sunderland, ISIass., great- 
grand s of Lt. Samuel Smith, who was one of the original signers 
to settle Hadley. This Samuel was also known as Deacon. 
Children, Esther, b 1719; Nathan, b 1721; Miriam,h 1723. 

IV. Esther Smith, dau of Esther Warner Smith,^ (Esther 
Taylor Warner,' John^), m Nehcmiah Church, great-grand s 
of Richard Church, an original signer to settle Hadley. Chil- 
dren, Medad, b Dec. 22, 1747; Hannah, h Oct. 25, 1749; Sam- 
uel^ b Feb. 21, 1752; Ebenezer, bapt Oct. 15, 1754; Esther, 
bapt Sept. 4, 1757. 

III. Eleazer Warner, s of Esther Taylor Warner,^ (John ^), m 
Martha, and d about 1777 in Sunderland, Mass. Children, 
Seth, b 1729; Eleazer, b 1733; Jonathan, b 1736, d in Albany, 
1759; Martha. 



32 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

III. Stephen Warner, s of Esther Taylor Warner,^ (John '), m 
1723, Rebecca Ferry of Springfield. He lived in Granby, and 
d Sept. 12, 1782, aged 85. Children, Stephen, b Dec. 16, 1726; 
Eleazer, b Jan. 15, 1731; Esther, b Sept. 26, 1732. 

IV. Stephen Warner, s of Stephen Warner,-^ (Esther Taylor 
Warner ^ John'), ni (i) Mary; (2) Rachel, dau of Peter Mon- 
tague. Lived in Granby, and d Sept. 16, 1810, aged 69. 
Children, Mary, b Mar. 4, 1750; Rachel, b Sept. 12, 1754; Ruth, b 
June 16, 1756; Sewall, b June 22, 1758; Rebecca, b Nov. 15, 
1760; Miriam, b May 15, 1764; Eli, b Dec. 7, 1766; Adonijah, 
b May 24, 1769; Jehiel, b Mar. 27, 1771; Nathan, b Sept. 3, 1774. 

IV. Eleazer Warner, s of Stephen Warner,^ (Esther Taylor War- 
ner,^ John ^), m 1752, Mary Chapin, who d Feb. 14, 1813, aged 87. 
He lived in Granby, and d June 19, 1810, aged 79- Children, 
Mary, b May 28, 1753; Eleazer, b Jan. 22, 1755; Samuel, b Dec. 
26, 1757; Violet, b Aug. 5, 1759; Elisha, b Aug. 3, 1761; Asher, 
b Oct. 16, 1763; Esther, b Oct. 3, 1765; Jeremiah Chapin, b 
Sept. 17, 1767; Eunice, b May 26, 1769; Seth, b May 30, 1771. 

III. Joanna Warner, dau of Esther Taylor Warner^ (John^), 
m Feb. i, 1739, Ebenezer Moody, removed to Belchertown, and 
d Nov. 14, 1772. Children, Elijah, b Sept. 7, 1739; Joanna, b 
1742, m David Warriner, Jr., of Wilbraham; Ebenezer, b 1743, 
d young; Ebenezer, b Sept. 10, 1744, m Lois Smith, and d in So. 
Hadley, June 23, 1833, aged 88; Jerusha, b 1747, d unmarried, 
1775; Matthew, b 1749, d unmarried, 1779. 

Descendants of John — Second Child of 

Ancestor 

11. John Taylor, s of John,^ m Feb. 9, 1694, Hannah 
Gillet, dau of Samuel Gillet, an original settler of Hadley. John 
was living in 1744, in So. Hadley. She was living in 1743. Chil- 
dren, John, b May 3, 1695; Joseph, b Mar. 20, 1697, d Aug. 6, 
1698; Joseph, b Dec. 6, 1698; Hannah, b Jan. 24, 1701, m Apr. 
16, 1730, Nathaniel Hitchcock; Samuel, b Nov. 17, 1703; Twins, 
b and d in 1704; Joshua, b Apr. 14, 1706; Mary, b. in 1708, 




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DESCENDANTS OF JOHN II 33 

m Apr. 16, 1730, James Brownson; Moses, b May, 1709; Aaron, 
b Oct, 1712. 

John Taylor '^ seems to have been a highly esteemed and 
influential man in the organization of the first church in So. 
Hadley. His name appears with John Alvord and Samuel 
Smith on the Church Committee appointed at the first meeting 
of the South Parish, according to the records preserved, held 
March 12, 1733. (Judd.) 

III. John Taylor, s of John,- (John '), m July 23, 1723, 
Mary Selden, dau of John Selden, grand-dau of Thomas, bro 
of Mary who m John\ Died in 1725. Children, John, b Nov. 
14, 1724, d in infancy; John, b in 1725. Widow m Mar. 22, 1728, 
William White, uncle to Ruth who m Jacob Taylor of Granby. 

Further record of this branch is wanting. 

III. Joseph Taylor, s of John,^ (John'), m Dec. 21, 1727, 
Dorothy Rooker, dau of William Rooker, prominent in the early 
days of Hadley. Joseph was alive in So. Hadley in 1764. Chil- 
dren, Joseph, b Apr. 2, 1732; William, b Apr. 18, 1735; Twins, 
b May 9, 1737; Eunice, b Apr. 30, 1741; Joseph, b June 6, 1744. 

The William of this family has an interesting war record. He 
was in the Indian war 1759, and appears in the Mass. Archives 
record as a private in Capt. Nahum Ward's Co., Col. David 
Wells' Regt., Hampshire Co., in 1777, at the time of taking 
Gen. Burgoyne at Saratoga. He appears again in Col. Ehsha 
Porter's Regt. in 1779 in service at New London, Ct. He was 
selectman in So. Hadley in 1776. 

Further record of this branch is wanting. 

III. Samuel Taylor, s of John," (John '), m May 25, 
1730, Elisabeth Warner of Suffield, Ct., probably a relative of 
Nathaniel Warner of Suffield, who m Thankful, dau of John ^. 
Died 1794. Children, Elisha, b July 10, 1732; Elisabeth, b Mar. 
2, 1735; Samuel; Daniel, d Jan. 21, 1762, in the army. Sixth 
Indian War. Appears on a pay-roll in the Mass. Archives, dated 
Boston, Mar. 22, 1762, member of a Co. under command of Capt. 
William Shephard, as from So. Hadley. Service, 34 weeks and 
4 days. Reported dead. ,,^ , .. . uj 



34 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

IV. Elisha Taylor, s of Samuel/ (John,^ John *), m Martha 
Stetson; d in 1814. One child, William, b 1771, at Chesterfield, 
Ct.; lived at Sharon Springs, N.Y.; d 1819. 

Elisha Taylor was in the French and Indian War. Appears on 
a muster-roll dated Hadley, Dec. i, 1758, in Capt. Samuel Smith's 
Co., which marched on the alarm for the relief of Fort William 
Henry. Marched from So. Hadley, Aug. 9, 1757. 

V. William Taylor, s of Elisha,* m 1794, Philopheta Frary 
of Whately, Mass. He was one of the earliest settlers of Scho- 
harie Co., N.Y., a Col. in the War of 181 2, stationed near Platts- 
burgh. One child, Justus Frary. 

VI. Justus F. Taylor, s of William,^ (Elisha*), m Isabella 
Strong. Lived in Albany, N.Y. (Am. Anc, Vol. I.) 

III. Joshua Taylor, s of John,^ (John ^), m Nov. 2, 1737, 
Mercy Rowe of Suffield, Ct. He was in the Indian war 1759, 
at 53 years of age, and d in 1760. Children, Hannah, b Jan. 17, 
1739, d prior to 1764. Huldah, b Apr. 14, 1741; Sarah, b 
Dec. 14, 1743; Lois. 

Further record of this branch is wanting. 

Descendants of John II. through Moses, Oliver, 
Sylvester, George Sylvester, and Others 

III. Moses Taylor, s of John,^ (John ^). Removed from Had- 
ley to So. Hadley between 1727 and 1731; was alive in 1770. 
He was in the Indian war 1756. Children, Oliver; Reuben; 
John. 

Moses Taylor appears in the records of So. Hadley as among 
the most influential and active members of the church in those 
days. An incident indicates that he possessed muscular as well 
as moral courage. It seems that the church had some trouble 
with Rev. Mr. Rawson, who was persistent in occupying the 
pulpit after he had been dismissed. The irritated parish, 
Oct. 30, 1741, chose a committee of fifteen and gave them instriic- 
tions, if Mr. Rawson should again attempt to perform service, 
to put him forth out of the meeting-house. Moses Taylor was 



DESCENDANTS OF JOHN II 35 

one of this committee. Mr. Rawson, with foolish boldness, 
again entered the pulpit and commenced a prayer, when the 
committee seized and dragged him from the pulpit. The story 
gained circulation that the parson continued his prayer until his 
mouth was stopped with a handkerchief. (Judd.) 

IV. Oliver Taylor, s of Moses,^ (John ^ John^), m Lucy 
White, and resided in So. Hadley, Mass. Children, Sylvester, 
b Feb. 5, 1793; Porter, b Dec. 16, 1794; Elvira, b Feb. 5, 1797 ; 
Eveline, b May i, 1799; Andrew, b May 22, 1801; Erastns, b 
Jan. 16, 1804; Sally, b Apr. 26, 1806; Calvin, b. June 13, 1808, 
d Sept. 10, 1808. 

Oliver Taylor was in the Indian war 1758, and in the war of 
the Revolution. His name appears as a private on the Lexington 
Alarm roll of Capt. Noah Goodman's Co., Apr. 19, 1775, resi- 
dence, So. Hadley, from which place he marched; again in 
Capt. Christopher Banister's Co., on the Bennington alarm in 
1777; again in Lt. Martin Waits' Co., to re-enforce Northern Army 
in 1778; and again as Second Lt. in Col. Chapin's Regt. in 1779. 

V. Sylvester Taylor, s of Oliver,^ m Sept. 12, 181 5, Sarah 
Eaton, whose mother belonged to the distinguished Chapin fam- 
ily. He lived in So. Hadley until 1828, when he removed to 
Chicopee Falls, Mass. Children, Ann Sophia, b. July 22, 1816; 
Harriet Maria, b Jan. 11, 1818, d May 2, 1819; Anson Chapin, 
b Jan. 28, 1820; George Sylvester, b Mar 2, 1822; Varniim Nash, 
b. Apr. 6, 1824; Chdfies Andreivs, b Sept. 4, 1826; James Eaton, 
b Jan. 18, 1829; William Oliver, b Apr. 6, 1831, d Mar. 6, i860; 
Sarah Jane, b July 18, 1833; David Eaton, b Oct. 30, 1835. 

VI. Ann Sophia Taylor, dau of Sylvester,^ (Oliver^), m 
Apr. 30, 1839, Bailey West, who d Apr. 23, 1876. She d Jan. 
30, 1898. Children, Arthur Bailey, m Ida Page, Dec. 12, 1882; 
James Henry, unmarried. 

VI. Anson Chapin Taylor, s of Sylvester,' (OHver'), m 
Sept. 28, 1842, Louisa Buckland; d Oct. 10, 1873. Children, 
Mary Louisa; Willard Buckland; Frank Chapin; Fred Anson; 
Jessie Buckland, unmarried, lives in Chicopee. The three sons 
are dead. 



36 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

VII. Mary Louisa Taylor, dau of Anson Chapin,^ (Sylves- 
ter,'* Oliver ^), m John Stillwell. Lives in Chicopee. Children, 
George, dead; James, unmarried, lives in Chicopee. 

VI. George Sylvester Taylor, s of Sylvester,^ (Oliver,* ), m 
Nov. 25, 1845, Asenath Cobb, b Jan. 21, 1826, at Princeton, 
Mass., and d Apr. 15, 1898, three years after celebrating their 
golden wedding. She was grand-dau to Moses Gill, Lieut. Gov. 
of Mass., acting Gov. from 1794 to 1800. George S. Taylor has 
lived in Chicopee Falls ever since 1828, highly respected as a 
citizen, as a business man and as a christian. Without training 
in the higher schools, he yet carved his way to the highest point 
in usefulness and influence. For twenty years beginning with 
1843, he was a member of the firm, Shackford & Taylor, and for 
the last forty years treasurer of the Belcher & Taylor Agricul- 
tural Tool Co. Is president of the Chicopee Falls Savings Bank, 
of the Board of Trade, and of the Y.M.C.A., and a director in 
various other business interests. He was a member of the 
House in i860 and 1861, and of the Senate in 1869; was elected 
the first mayor of Chicopee after it became incorporated as a 
city in 1891. He is a member of the Congregational church and 
has been one of its deacons since 1857; was supt. of its Sunday- 
school from 1848 to 1873, and is now (1903) president of the 
"Taylor Reunion Association of Hadley, Mass.," and is still 
active in his eighty-second year. Children, Ella Sophia, b Apr. 
12, 1847; Sarah Rebecca, b Apr. 29, 1849, ^ Oct. 30, 1852; 
George Emerson, b June 9, 1853, d July 19, i860; William 
Bradford, b May 7, 1855, d May 24, 1859; Edward Sylvester, 
b June II, 1857; William Cobb, b June 16, 1859, d Dec. 18, 
1896; Albert Eaton, b Oct. 9, 1865. 

VII. Ella Sophia Taylor, dau of George Sylvester,*' (Syl- 
vester,'^ Oliver''), m Jan. 11, 1871, Henry N. Lyon. Children, 
George Norman, b July 10, 1872, d Feb. 11, 1874; Grace, b 
Mar. 14, 1874, graduated from Smith College, Northampton, 
Mass., June 22, 1897; Howard Chapin, b Aug. 10, 1876. 

VII. Edward Sylvester Taylor, s of George Sylvester," (Syl- 
vester,'' Oliver *), m Oct. 11, 1883, Grace E. King; d Oct. 18, 1902. 




ELIJAH POMEROY TAYLOR 



DESCENDANTS OF JOHN II 37 

VII. William Cobb Taylor, s of George Sylvester," (Sylves- 
ter, '^ Oliver*) m Jan. i, 1887, Bessie Moody; d Dec. 18, 1896. 
Lived in Rolfe, la. Children, George Oliver, b Dec. 10, 1887, 
d. July 5, 1888; Mary Ethel, b May 3, 1889; Bessie Asenath, 
b Sept. 16, 1891; William Sylvester, b Dec. 3, 1893; Ella Cobb, 
b Aug. II, 1897. 

VII. Albert Eaton Taylor, s of George Sylvester," (Sylves- 
ter,^ Oliver *), m June 27, 1895, Florence Parsons. One child, 
Marjorie Brooks, b July 13, 1898. 

VI. Varnum Nash Taylor, s of Sylvester,'^ (Oliver *), m 
June 6, 1848, Elisabeth Curtiss; d in Springfield, Mass., Nov. 
9, 1894. Children, Henry Curtiss; Edivard Marion; Arthur 
Bailey y all of whom are dead ; William Clinton, m Emma Steb- 
bins, merchant in Springfield, Mass. 

VI. Charles Andrew Taylor, s of Sylvester,'^ (Oliver *), m 
(i) Sept. 15, 1852, Jane Davenport, who died; m (2) Julia Carter. 
She is also dead. Children by (i), Charles Davenport, who 
died; Clara Mabel; Elisabeth Davenport; Jane Davenport, m 
Frank Warner, lives in Chicopee Falls. 

VI. James Eaton Taylor, s of Sylvester,'^ (OHver *), m Nov. 
22, 1855, Electa Buckland. Children, Henry Buckland, dead; 
Sarah Jane, dead; Frank Sylvester, graduated at Cornell Univer- 
sity, m Maude Werneken; Alice Louise, dead. 

James Eaton is president of the Belcher & Taylor Agricultural 
Tool Co., and has held many town offices. 

VI. William Oliver Taylor, s of Sylvester,* (OHver *), m 
July 2, 1856, Mary Barker. Both dead. Children, Fred Spauld- 
ing, unmarried, lives in Boston; Nellie Spaulding, unmarried, 
lives in Boston. 

VI. Sarah Jane Taylor, dau of Sylvester,* (OHver *), m 
Oct. 20, 1858, George Henry Nettleton, d Mar. 7, i860. No 
children. He has since died. Lived in Missouri. 

VI. David Eaton Taylor, s of Sylvester,* (Oliver *), m Delia 
Withey, Nov. 13, 1862. Lived in Springfield, Mass. Both dead. 
One child, Annie West, m Fred Sturtevant; lives in Springfield. 



38 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

V. Porter Taylor, s of Oliver/ (Moses," John,^ John ^), m 
Clarissa Alvord, lived in Rochester, N.Y. 35 years and d there. 
Children, Lucy, m Warner; Clarissa, m Durfee; Eliza, m Wid- 
ower Durfee (above), who died ; Porter, Jr., lived and d in 
Rochester, N.Y.; Edwin, lived and d in Kentucky. 

V. Elvira Taylor, dau of Oliver,* (Moses '), m Levi Judd, 
moved to Geneva, N.Y., where both d. Children, Lorenzo, lived 
in Chfton Springs, N.Y.; Sylvester, lived in Canada; Lucy, m 
Newton Montague, Hved and d in So. Hadley, Mass.; Ann, m 
Smith, who d in Ct. She d in Holyoke, Mass.; Levi, lived and d 
in Jackson, Mich.; Augustus, lived and d in Holyoke, Mass.; Eras- 
tus, lived and d in Saginaw, Mich. ; Otis, lives in New York City. 

V. Evelina Taylor, dau of Oliver,* (Moses ^), m Zebina 
Woodard, lived and d in Petersham, Mass. Children, William; 
Wright; Wells; Elvira, m Wheeler; Amy. 

V. Andrew Taylor, s of Oliver,* (Moses ^), m Laura Ells- 
worth, d at sea on his way to Cal. Children, Varnum Nash, d; 
Mary, unmarried, lives in Springfield, Mass; Laura Myra, d; 
Andrew, lives in Cal.; John, lives in Cal. 

V. Erastus Taylor, s of Oliver,* (Moses ^ ), m Sally Burnett. 
Both Hved and d in So. Hadley, Mass. Children, Theodore E., 
was captain in the Civil War, afterward lived in New York, 
where he d; Sarah, d at 15 years of age; Henry, unmarried, 
and lives in Montclair, N.J.; Belle, m Frank Dorman, and lives 
in Montclair, N. J. She was a graduate from Mt. Holyoke 
Seminary. 

V. Sally Taylor, dau of Oliver,* (Moses ^), m Lyman Smith, 
lived and d in So. Hadley, Mass. One child, George B., m Laura 
French, Hved and d in So. Hadley. 

Descendants of John II. through Reuben, 
Reuben, Elijah, David, and Noah 

IV. Reuben Taylor, s of Moses,^ (John,^ John '). Birth, mar- 
riage and death dates are wanting. Lived at Rock Ferry, So. 
Hadley, and d at 83 years of age, and his wife at 86. 



DESCENDANTS OF JOHN II 3^ 

Children, Jared, who settled in Wethersfield, Vt.; Reuben, 
b 1 761; Horace; Sylvester; Elijah, b Oct. 3, 1763; David; Sarah, 
b Dec, 1765, at Hadley, removed to Washington, Vt. about 
1825, lived with Noah, and d unmarried May 7, 1847, aged 82; 
Noah, b about 1772 at Hadley. A letter is held by Martha, dau 
of Elijah, a son of Noah, which Sarah wrote from Hadley to 
Noah, in which she speaks of the death of their mother in 1823, 
and of a sister, Desire. 

V. Reuben Taylor, s of Reuben Taylor/ (Moses,^ John-, 
John^), m Nov. 29, 1787, Lucretia Bowers, and d July 14, 1845, 
aged 73 years. Children, Roswell; Betsey; Asahel; Noah, d of 
consumption about the age of 21; William; Fidelia, b at Hadley, 
Mar. 24, 1806; Justus, b at Hadley, Apr. 8, 1809; Justin, drov/ned 
while a boy. 

Reuben Taylor^ was a Revolutionary soldier, cnhsting for 
three years. The Mass. Archives record speaks of him as a 
private in Capt. Goodale's Co., under Col. Rufus Putnam, 
enlisting from Apr. i, 1777, to Apr. i, 1780, from Northampton. 
His dau FideHa remembered hearing her father speak of going 
out at the Lexington Alarm, and of being at the battle of Bunker 
Hill. He received a pension, which was continued to his wife 
after his death. 

IV. Fidelia Taylor, dau of Reuben Taylor ^ (Reuben,* Moses^), 
m (i) 1826, Joseph Herrick, who d in 1856; m (2) 1864, Ira 
Hunt, and d Jan. 19, 1899, aged 92 years and 9 months. She 
was a member of Mercy Chapter of the D. A. R., in Springfield, 
Mass., and received a solid gold spoon from the Chapter just a 
year before her death, for being the oldest real daughter of the 
Revolution then living in Springfield. Children by (i), eight 
daughters and one son, viz.: Elisabeth M-, b Aug. 20, 1827; 
Jerusha P., b Jan., 1832, d 1842; Lucretia B., b July 12, 
1835, d 1848; Josephine A., b Feb. 2, 1838, hves in 
Ware, Mass., unmarried; Emily A., b June 11, 1839; Caro- 
line L., b Oct. 3, 1841; Joseph Nelson, b Sept. 20, 1843; 
Eliza W., b May i, 1846, d May 20, 1846; Mary M., b Sept. 
27, 1848. 



40 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

VII. Elisabeth M. Herrick, dau of Fidelia Taylor Herrick,^ 

(Reuben,^ Reuben*), m July 4, 1846, Elijah Mathews, and d 
1878. Children, Mary F., b Mar. 25, 1847, m 1898, Henry W. 
Judd, and lives in So. Hadley Falls, Mass. ; Lizzie Z,., b 1859, is 
dead; Fred. C, b 1862, is dead. 

VII. Emily A. Herrick, dau of Fidelia Taylor Herrick,^ (Reu- 
ben,^ Reuben*), m (i) July, 1857, I. Porter Champion, who d 
Aug., 1857; m (2) Oct. 26, i860, John H. Miller. She d July 
4, 1874. She had four children by (2), viz.: Elisabeth S., b 
Nov. 2, 1861, m Mar. 31, 1896, Rupert V. Carter, and lives at 
Ware, Mass.; John H., b Dec. 21, 1862, m Feb. 14, 1894, Kate 
M. Kendall, and has one child, Katherine, b Dec 25, 1899, and 
lives in Springfield, Mass-; Nettie E., b Feb. 2, 1864, and lives in 
So. Hadley Falls, Mass.; Charles R., b Apr. 3, 1868. 

VII. Caroline L. Herrick, dau of Fidelia Taylor Herrick,*^ 
(Reuben,^ Reuben*), m (i) 1859, Hezekiah Smith, drowned about 
1869; ni (2) Dec. 22, 1872, James E. Little. Children, by (i), 
Franks b 1866, dead; by (2), Carrie E-, m Mar. 6, 1894, Charles 
B. McDonald, has Alice T., b Sept. 8, 1897; Charlie if., b Feb. 
4, 1877, m May 7, 1902, Esther E. McCoy. 

VII. Joseph Nelson Herrick, s of Fidelia Taylor Herrick,® 
(Reuben,^ Reuben*), m Eleanor Granger. Children, Clarence 
W', is married; Ada Elisabeth. They live in Springfield, Mass. 

VII. Mary M. Herrick, dau of Fidelia Taylor Herrick,^ (Reu- 
ben,^ Reuben*), m June 10, 1868, George M. Higgins, and lives 
in New York City. Children, Carrie £., m Jan. 28, 1891, Oscar 
Natter, has Mabel E, b June 13, 1892, George E, b May 11, 
1898, Frank O., b Dec. i, 1901, Fred A., b Jan. 22, 1903; Josie 
A.^ dead; Mamie £., m Dec 10, 1898, Edward H. Natter, has 
Edward C, b July 7, 1903; George N., m Apr. 18, 1899, Addie 
Delany, has George N., b Apr. i, 1900, Nelson J., b June 13, 1902; 
Louis, dead; Irene, dead; Frank T., b Sept. 27, 1883, unmarried. 

VI. Justus Taylor, s of Reuben Taylor,^ (Reuben,* Moses ^), 
m (i) July 12, 1832, Mary Wilcox, who d in 1834; m (2) Sept. 
9, 1836, Cynthia B. Robinson, who d in 1884, aged 66. Chil- 




AMBROSE TAYLOR 



DESCENDANTS OF JOHN II 4I 

dren, by (i), Charles A.; by (2), Mary E., b Feb, 15, 1838; 
Henry W., b Nov. 28, 1839; Dorothy 7?., b June 16, 1842; 
Cynthia B., b May 12, 1844; Hester C. B., b June 16, 1846; 
Harriet N., h Oct. 4, 1849, m Dec. 8, 1870, Lloyd W. Buck- 
master, of Zanesville, O.; Cary B., h Feb. 22, 185 1, m Oct. 20, 

1898, Rosland Gerty; Emma D., b June 19, 1854; David T., h 
Nov. 13, 1856, m June 25, 1903, Ethel Ousley, of Vienna, O. 

Justus Taylor served six years as apprentice to a cabinet 
maker, and during that time helped to build a carriage for 
Andrew Jackson from materials taken from the old ship ' ' Con- 
stitution." He cast his first vote for Jackson in 1832, and has 
voted the Democratic ticket ever since. He removed to Ohio in 
1837. In 1854 he located at Wilmington, O., where he still 
resides, at the advanced age of 94 years, and is a partner with 
his youngest son, David T. Taylor, as undertakers. He has 
been a deacon in the Baptist church for over forty years, and a 
member of the Odd Fellows for over fifty years. 

Vn. Charles A. Taylor, s of Justus Taylor,*' (Reuben,^ Reuben *), 
ra Oct. 7, 1857, Rebecca Smith. Children, Frank L., b Dec. 16, 
1858, m Minnie Hadley, and resides in Los Angeles, Cal.; Jen- 
7ue, b Oct. 18, 1862, and d in 1876; William, b Mar. 23, 1865, 
m Eva Whitaker, resides in Cleveland, O., and has a son, Justus; 
Allen, b May 26, 1867; James, b Aug. 23, 1869, m Nora Heller, 
has a dau, Ruth; Nellie, b Mar. 25, 1872; Charles, b May 19, 
1874, m Ahce Stryker of Kokomo, Ind. ; John, b Sept. 20, 1876; 
Harriet, b Feb. 8, 1879; Victor, b Mar. 28, 1872. 

vn. Mary E. Taylor, dau of Justus Taylor,*"' (Reuben,"^ 
Reuben*), m Jan. 13, 1859, David G. Adams; has one child, 
Cora, who m June 30, 1871, Thomas Bunnell of Salina, who 
also has one child, Louise. 

VII. Henry W. Taylor, s of Justus Taylor,'' (Reuben,^ 
Reuben*), m July 27, 1865, Jennette Eldred, and d May 16, 

1899. He was a private in Co. H, 39th Ohio Vols, in the Civil 
War, from Aug. 5, 186 1 to July 9, 1865. He had four sons, viz., 
Clifford, George, Edward, who d in infancy, and Eldridge. Clif- 
ford m Rose Osborn, and has one child, Jennette. 



42 HISTORY Oli' JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

VII. Cynthia B. Taylor, dau of Justus Taylor,^ (Reuben/'^ 
Reuben^), m Sept. 3, 1868, W. McLain and has four children, 
viz., Warren T., m Nora Hambaugh, and has one son, Neil ; 
Maud, m Charles CarHsle of Columbus, O., Oct. 16, 1895, and 
has one son, Frederick William ; Lloyd, and Ann Maria. 

VII. Hester C. B. Taylor, dau of Justus Taylor,'"' (Reuben,^ 
Reuben*), m Apr. 19, 1866, John W. Hero, and has two chil- 
dren, Minnie L. and Herbert W. 

V. Elijah Taylor, s of Reuben,* (Moses,^ John," John '), m 
Oct. II, 1787, Rachel, dau of James Hulbert, of Northampton, 
Mass. Elijah was a soldier in the Revolution. His family tradi- 
tion states that he enlisted from Northampton when only 17 
years of age. His name is on Capt. Job Alvord's muster-roll in 1780 
to re-enforce the Continental Army; and still again on Capt. Allen's 
muster-roll in 1782, and on Capt. Russell's pay-roll of soldiers 
who marched from Northampton to Springfield during Shay's 
Rebellion in 1787 to defend the Arsenal, by order of Major-Gen. 
Shephard. Children, Betsey, b Sept. 19, 1788; Theodosia, b Jan. 
8, 1790, at Northampton, Mass.; Polly, b Aug. 25, 1791, d at 
Northampton Oct. 4, 1811; Rachel, b Aug. 12, 1793; Ruth, b Jan. 
5, 1796, d in Northampton Apr. 18, 1810; Sybil, b Apr. 16, 1799; 
Pamelia, b Oct. 9, 1801, in Northampton; Elijah Pomeroy, b 
Feb. 2, 1805, in Northampton. 

VI. Betsey Taylor, dau of Elijah,'^ (Reuben,* Moses ^), m Oct. 
31, 1820, Abel Marsh, of Montague, Mass., and d at Coldwater, 
Mich., Aug. 19, 1875, aged 86. He d Feb. 12, 1876. Children, 
Lansing Carlton, b Sept. 23, 1821, at Montague; James Hulbert, 
b June 20, 1823; Frances Angelina, b Oct. 4, 1825, now resides 
at Quincy, Mich., unmarried. She has been for more than 30 
years closely identified with the work of the Woman's Foreign 
Missionary Society of the M. E. church. Of Hadley, Mass., she 
writes: "My first memories of life are associated with that dear 
old place. There I bought my first stick of candy, and I can 
remember yet the red stripes winding about it. My first recol- 
lections of going to church and school are there also. I was five 



DESCENDANTS OF JOHN II 43 

years old when my parents moved from there to Lyons, N.Y. '* 
Augusta Rebecca, b Nov. 21, 1827, d Aug. 31, 1828; Charles 
Henry, b Dec. 9, 1829, d June 22, 1830, both buried in the Hadley 
cemetery; Dwight C, b Mar. 19, 1834. 

VII. Lansing Carlton Marsh, s of Betsey Taylor Marsh,' 

(Elijah,'^ Reuben^), m Jan. 24, 1855, Sarah C. Abbott. He was 
a physician at Coldwatcr, Mich., for 50 years. One child. Angle 
H., b Apr. 19, 1861, m O. D. Chapman, a leading jeweller of 
Coldwater, and d Feb. 24, 1894, leaving two children, viz., Sidney 
Dewitt, b Dec. 11, 1886, and Margaret, b May 22, 1888. 

VII. James Hulburt Marsh, s of Betsey Taylor Marsh,' 

(Elijah,^ Reuben *), m Feb. 8, 1846, Charity Hill, and d Dec. 
20, 1864. Children, Fredrick James, b Mar. 8, 1847, d Nov. 2, 
1879; Frank Carlton, b Oct. 21, 1849, d Aug. 29, 1882; Willis C, 
b Jan. 23, 1853, m May 9, 1873, Nora Gilbert, and had six chil- 
dren, viz., Zella M., PhiHp Carlton, Angle Margretta, Carrie 
Alcetta, Grace, and Fredrick James. 

VII. Dwight C. Marsh, s of Betsey Taylor Marsh ' (Elijah,' 
Reuben^), m Aug. 26, 1855, Ellen E. Bull, and d Nov. 7, 1873. 
He was a physician, and for several years U. S. Collector of 
Customs at El Paso, Tex. One child, William Dwight, b Jan. 
13, 1858, a lawyer, d at El Paso, Jan. 24, 1886. 

VI. Theodosia Taylor, dau of Elijah,' (Reuben,* Moses'), 
m Calvin D. Palmiter, of Pittsfield, Mass., and d at Lyons, N.Y., 
Mar. 16, 1875, aged 85. They had four sons: Edwin; Frank; 
Ira; Selhy. All dead. Frank and Ira left children, names not 
ascertained. 

VI. Rachel Taylor, dau of Elijah,'^ (Reuben,'' Moses'), m 
Nathaniel F. Smith, of Poultney, Vt., and d at Hancock, Wis., 
Jan. 14, 1880, aged 86. Children, Harriet, m Rev. John Donald- 
son, a Presb. minister; Amelia; Hulbert; Laura; Lucy. 

VI. Sybil Taylor, dau of Elijah,' (Reuben,* Moses '), m 
Charles Parsons, and d Aug. 16, 1883, aged 84. Children, 



44 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

Elisabeth Pomeroy, b May 19, 1823, m July 26, 1884, Dr. George 
F. Foote; Anna Maria, b Mar. 29, 1825; John Clinton, b Apr. 
28, 1827, d Aug. 8, 1827; Jane Eliza, b Aug. 16, 1829; Sarah V., 
b Feb. 27, 1833; Mary Frances, b Oct. 27, 1837; Catherine H., 
b Nov. 12, 1840; Charles Franklin, b Mar. 12, 1844. 

VII. Anna Maria Parsons, dau of Sybil Taylor Parsons,^ 

(Elijah,^ Reuben *), m Sept. 16, 1844, Dr. George F. Foote, and d 
Feb. 16, 1884. Children, Frank; Theodon; Anna; Louise; George; 
Jennie; Sarah. 

VII. Jane Eliza Parsons, dau of Sybil Taylor Parsons,^ 
(Elijah,^ Reuben^), m Sept. 17, 1868, James M. Safford. One 
child, Charles P. 

VII. Sarah V. Parsons, dau of Sybil Taylor Parsons,* 

(Elijah,^ Reuben ^) m Nov. 8, 1859, Rev. E. A. Beaman. Chil- 
dren, Charles; Arthur; Jennie; Ehnina; George; David. 

VII. Mary Frances Parsons, dau of Sybil Taylor Parsons,* 

(Elijah,'^ Reuben ^), m Lyman S. Kirkham, and d June 25, 1888. 
One child, Isabella. 

VII. Catherine H. Parsons, dau of Sybil Taylor Parsons,* 

(Elijah,^ Reuben ^), m July 20, 1863, Ira Boutell. Children, 
Harry; Sybil; Grace; Frederick. 

VII. Charles Franklin Parsons, s of Sybil Taylor Parsons,* 

(Elijah,'^ Reuben ^), m Nov. i, i87i,Lucy Harrison. One child, 
Ira Harrison. 

VI. Pamelia Taylor, dau of Elijah,'^ (Reuben,^ Moses ^), m 
Sept. 30, 1822, Ira Wells, and d Nov. 14, 1891, at Brantford, 
Ont. They celebrated their golden wedding Sept. 30, 1872, 
with their children and their children's children all then living. 
Children, Harriet Hart, b Sept. 21, 1823; Graham Albert, b Apr. 
19, 1827, at Red Creek, N.Y., m Sept. 14, 1864, Amelia H. Smith, 
of Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a prominent dentist, and d June 25, 
1894, at Indianapolis, Ind. No children. Frances Augusta, b 




SYLVESTER HARLAN D TAYLOR 



DESCENDANTS OF JOHN II 45 

Feb. 25, 1831, at Lyons, N.Y.; Edward Bridgeman, b Apr. 22, 
1833, at Prattsburg, N.Y., m Nov. 22, 1866, Alice C. Gregory, 
and resides in Clyde, N.Y. No children. He is a prominent 
politician, has been clerk of Wayne County, and was a member 
of the Assembly from the same county in 1872 and 1873. Olivia 
Pamelia, b Nov. 23, 1836; Ira Baxter, b Feb. 18, 1839; Sarah 
Rebecca, b ]\Iar. 3, 1843, m Dec. 9, 1864, Cornehus Van De 
Voort, and d Aug. 11, 1879. 

VII. Harriet Hart Wells, dau of Pamelia Taylor Wells,^ 
(Elijah,^ Reuben^), m Sept. 25, 1880, Edwin J. Andrews. Chil- 
dren, Gertrude A., h Oct. 10, 1849, m Sept. 18, 1872, Francis E. 
Bacon, merchant, president Chamber of Commerce, Syracuse, 
N.Y., d Mar. 19, 1901. She had five children, viz., Charles A., 
NeUie Nichols, Ross Edwin, Lucille Olivia, and Fred Francis. 
Cornelia W., b Nov. 5, 1847, m Henry E. Nichols, lawyer, banker, 
and prominent citizen of Fulton, N.Y., who d Oct. 21, 1902. 
They had four children, viz., Gertrude A., b Dec. 21, 1870, d 
Mar. 12, 1890; Harry A., b Oct. 28, 1872, m June 21, 1899, Mary 
Stiles; Mary H., b July 16, 1880; and Wilham E., b May 19, 
1882. Graham Albert, b June 11, 1864, m May 11, 1892, Nelhe 
Curtis. He was a dentist at Lyons, N.Y., and d Nov. 27, 1902, 
leaving five children, viz., Harriet, Frances, Edwin, Henry Nichols, 
and Clara Curtis. 

VII. Frances Augusta Wells, dau of Pamelia Taylor Wells,^ 

(Elijah,^ Reuben^), m Aug. 14, 1854, Jesse O. Wisner, and re- 
sides at Brantford, Ont. Children, Helen Augusta, b Nov. 19, 
1856, at Lyons, N.Y., m Oct. 6, 1880, Henry Yeigh, of Brantford, 
and have two children, viz., Marion Ada, b Mar. 21, 1882, and 
Helen Frances, b Mar. 17, 1884; Harriet Pamelia, b May 18, 
1859, at Brantford, m Jan. 10, 1900, Howard H. Hamilton, of 
Pictou, Nova Scotia. No children. Carlotta Eugenia, b Oct. 29, 
1865, at Brantford, m June 3, 1889, James Henry Oldham of 
Brantford; one child, Helen Frances, b May 11, 1895. Jesse 
Francis, b Oct. 9, 1861, in Brantford. 

VII. Olivia Pamelia Wells, dau of Pamelia Taylor Wells,^ 

(Elijah,^ Reuben^), m June 15, 1858, Samuel N. Dada, lawyer 



46 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

in Fulton, N.Y., now resides in Chicago, 111. Children, George 
Salmon, b Aug. 15, i860, m Oct. i, 1896, and has two daus, 
Dorothy and Grace; Gertrude M., b Aug. 16, 1862, m Jan. 16, 
1889, Wilham B. Fuller, lawyer of Syracuse, N.Y., and have one 
child, Chester D., b Aug. i, 1891; Harriet E., b Aug. 16, 1864, 
m Sept. 19, 1883, L. Eldon Storms, grain broker, Minneapolis, 
Minn., and have three children, viz., Newell E., Robert L., and 
Cora D.; William Newell, b Feb. 8, 1868, m Mary Long, but 
have no children; Edward Wells, b Aug. 6, 1873, m May 9, 1895, 
Maud Failor, and have two children, viz., Gertrude Olivia, b 
Jan. 18, 1896, and Edward Wells, b Mar. 22, 1897; Charles 
Graham, b July 28, 1875, ^^t married. 

VII. Ira Baxter Wells, s of Pamelia Taylor Wells/ (Elijah,' 
Reuben'*), m Oct. 14, 1879, Mary C. Wolf, of Racine, O., b 
Mar. 21, 1849. He d May 3, 1884. He was a member of Co. A, 
3d N.Y. Cavalry in the Civil War. He left three children, viz., 
Olivia LoWy b Jan. 13, 1845, at Pomeroy, O., m Jan. 4, 1899, 
John MacMillan, b Apr. 6, 1873, at Kilmarnock, Scotland ; 
Albert Lee, b at Middleport, O., June 11, 1877; Edward Baxter 
b at Racine, O., Feb. 7, 1879, m Bernice C. Brown, Apr. 5, 
1898, have one child, Ohvia Bernice, b Mar. 29, 1899, in 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 

VI. Elijah Pomeroy Taylor, s of Elijah^ (Reuben,* Moses ^), 
m (i) Jan., 1828, Jerusha Belling, lived at Lyons, N.Y., and d 
Nov. 21, 1881, at 76 years of age. She was b May 6, 1807, and 
d Mar. 7, 1870. He m (2) Feb. 9, 1871, Lois W. Andrews. He 
was a prominent man in Lyons, retiring from business in 1875; 
was elected Justice of the Peace, serving as such three years; was 
Deputy Treasurer of Wayne Co., N.Y., one year. Children by 
(i), Ruth Ann, b Nov. 20, 1828, d Oct. 31, 1830; Emily True, 
b Sept. 25, 1830, in Lyons, N.Y.; Ruth Ann Maria, b Oct. 4, 
1831; Elijah Pomeroy, Jr., b Feb. 27, 1833, in Lyons, N.Y.; 
Edwin, b Mar. 26, 1837; Theodosia Palmiter, b Oct. 5, 1839; 
Harriet Pamelia, b Nov. 3, 1840, and d June 28, 1841; William 
Belling, b July 26, 1843; Lathrop Sprague, b Nov., 1846, m Sept. 
7, 1873, Emma Tibbitts; George C, b July 15, 1848. 



DESCENDANTS OF JOHN II 47 

VIT. Emily True Taylor, dau of Elijah Pomeroy Taylor,^ 

(Elijah,^ Reuben^), m Oct. 6, 1852, Thomas Henry Williamson, 
b Apr. 3, 1823, in London, Eng. Children, Emma, b Aug. 15, 
1853, m Nov. 4, 1874, John R. Babcock, and had two children, 
Roy Bancroft, b Sept. 27, 1875, d Aug. 18, 1883, and Fred Wil- 
liamson, b Dec. 3, 1886; George Edwin, b Feb. 14, 1856, m Apr. 
16, 1884, Maggie Mclntyre, and have one child, Edith, b Sept. 
5, 1885; Nellie Jerusha, b Dec. 21, 1868, m Nov. 20, 1889, John 
D. Teller, and have one child, George Emory, b Feb. 16, 1894. 

VII. Ruth Ann Maria Taylor, dau of Elijah Pomeroy Taylor,'^ 

(Elijah,'^ Reuben^), m Sept. 28, 1854, Joseph Hartman. Chil- 
dren, Pomeroy Taylor, b Aug. 28, 1851, dry-goods merchant, m 

Sept. 28, , Ada Hickoxe, and have two children, Pomeroy, b 

July, 1889, and Ruth M., b Mar., 1891; William Theodore, b 
Jan. 27, 1859, hardware merchant, m Mar. 7, 1889, Meligs W. 
Rogers, and have four children, Joseph W., b Apr. 8, 1890, 
William T., b June 11, 1892, Milton Taylor, b Dec. 15, 1895, 
and Isabella M., b Nov. 8, 1897; Samuel Bell, b Aug. 29, 1871, 
a partner with his brother Wilham T., m June, 1901, Gertrude 
Streeter. 

VII. Elijah Pomeroy Taylor, Jr., s of Elijah Pomeroy Taylor/ 

(Elijah,'^ Reuben^), m (i) Nov. 18, 1858, Juhet Paton, who d 
Sept., 1880 ; m (2) Nov. 14, 1894, Nora Ellen Westcott. He 
was supervisor in 1877-78, Treasurer of Wayne Co., N.Y., 
in 1879, engaged in the tannery business for many years, and 
now resides at "Hillside Farm," Lyons, N.Y. Children by (i), 
Elijah Dunn b Nov. 5, 1864, m Dec. 20, 1887, Lulu A. Young, 
who have two children, Devoy Young, b Nov. 11, 1888, and 
Lettie Armeda, b Mar. 13, 1891; Mary Lettie, b Feb. i, 1869, m 
Feb. 10, 1892, Wilson A. Langdon. 

VII. Edwin Taylor, s of Elijah Pomeroy Taylor," (Elijah,* 
Reuben^), m in 1857, Susan Walrath. He was a member of Co. 
C, 1 60th N.Y. Vols., in the Civil War, discharged for disability, 
and d June 5, 1889, leaving two children, Lillie and James. 

VII. Theodosia Palmiter Taylor, dau of Elijah Pomeroy Tay- 
lor,*' (Elijah,'^ Reuben^), m May 20, 1862, Alfred Gilkey. He 



48 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

enlisted in Co. C, i6oth N.Y. Vols., Sept. 4, 1862, and served 
till close of the war. Had two children, Charles Alfred, b Apr. 
15, 1869, and Hattie Adelle, b Apr. 26, 1873, d Dec. 9, 1885. 
Charles Alfred m Dec. 20, 1893, Lizzie C. Robinson, and have 
two children, Kathryn, b May 13, 1895, and Alfred Robinson, 
b July 29, 1900. 

VII. William Delling Taylor, s of Elijah Pomeroy Taylor/ 

(Elijah,^ Reuben^), m Oct., 1867, Mary Underbill. Children, 
Willard Under hill, b July 19, 1868, a graduate of the Lyons 
Union School and of the Cornell Law School at Ithaca, N.Y., 
member of the firm, Choate, Henderson & Taylor, lawyers at 
62 Wall St., New York City; Morgan Delling, b Mar., 187 1, d 
1895; Myron Charles, b Jan., 1874, a graduate of Law School 
at Washington, D. C, member of the firm, Foley, Wrayan & 
Taylor, New York City. 

VII. George C. Taylor, s of Elijah Pomeroy Taylor,*^ (Elijah,'^ 
Reuben^), m Oct. 2, 1872, Rosegene Agett. One child, Myrta 
Rosegene, b June 20, 1873. 

V. Noah Taylor, s of Reuben,* (Moses,^ John,^ John^), m 
Rachel Squyres about 1793 at South Hadley, and in 1803 re- 
moved to Washington, Vt., and d there Dec. 8, 1845. Children, 
Ambrose, b July 15, 1795; Dorcas, b 1797; Dyer, b June 14, 1800, 
d 1871; Keziah, b 1801; Squyres, b 1803; Rachel, b 1805; Elijah, 
b May 5, 1808, in Washington, Vt.; David, b Mar. 15, 181 2; 
Clara D., b Feb. 2, 181 5. The first four children were b at 
So. Hadley, the others in Washington, Vt. 

VI. Ambrose Taylor, s of Noah,^ (Reuben,* Moses ^), m about 
1822, Thankful Barron, and d Sept. 15, 1885. She d Dec. 17, 
1895. Children, Diana A.,h Apr. 13, 1825; Laura, b Feb., 1827, 
d in 1830; Nelson A., b Mar. 13, 1832. 

VII. Diana A. Taylor, dau of Ambrose Taylor," (Noah,^ 
Reuben*), m 1852, W. H. Calef, and d in 1879. Children, How- 
ard W., b 1853, d 1861; Myron O., b 1854, lives in Vermont; 
Edwin Mayo, b 1857, lives in Boulder, Colo.; Julia E., b 1858, 
d in i860. 




OZIAL TAYLOR 



DESCENDANTS OF JOHN II 49 

VII. Nelson A. Taylor, s of Ambrose Taylor,'' (Noah,^ Reu- 
ben^), m Mar. 2, 1859, Julia A. Richardson. Attorney at law in 
Montpelier, Vt., was quartermaster in the Civil War, entering in 
1862. After the war went into the mercantile business and is 
living in Hampstead, N.H. Children, F. A., b Apr. 23, i860, 
d Oct. II, 1863; Gertrude L., b Mar. 23, 1867, m Mar. 13, 1895, 
C. L. McEvers, and lives at Hampstead, N.H. 

VI. Dorcas Taylor, dau of Noah,'' (Reuben,* Moses ^), m 
PhilHp Sargent, and d in 1862. Children, Sophronia; Laura, m 
Lyman Pepper, and d 1862. > 

VII. Sophronia Sargent, dau of Dorcas Taylor Sargent ''j 

(Noah,'' Reuben ■* ), m Benjamin Cheney, and d 1862. Children, 
Charles; Flora, who m Mr. Wheeler; Willard; Fred. All live in 
Barre, Vt. 

VI. Dyer Taylor, s of Noah,^ (Reuben,* Moses ^), m Electa R. 
Wells. Removed to St. Paul, Minn., and died there. Children, 
Russell W., b about 1830, m in Minneapolis, Minn., and lived 
in Montana last heard from; was master painter on the Northern 
Pacific R.R. for many years; Mary, who lives in Minnesota; 
Olive, who is dead. 

VI. Keziah Taylor, dau of Noah,'' (Reuben," Moses ^), m Wil- 
liam Pratt, and d in 1880. Children, Lawson, m and went to 
Iowa, where he died; Philip, m and lives at Williamstown, Vt.; 
William Z., m and also lives in Williamstown; Minerva, m Seth 
S. Briggs, and lives in Iowa. 

VI. Squyres Taylor, s of Noah,'' (Reuben,* Moses ^), m Joanna 
Brayman, and d in 1869. Children, Lucia, b about 1830; Smith, 
b Feb. 23, 1832; Dana, b 1835; Perry, b about 1840, and d about 
i860. 

VII. Lucia Taylor, dau of Squyres Taylor,*' (Noah,'' Reuben *j, 
m Gilbert S. Thompson, of Boston, Mass., who d several years 
ago. Widow is living in Charlestown, Mass. 

VII. Smith Taylor, s of Squyres Taylor,'' (Noah,' Reuben *), 
m May, 1858, Laura A. Wiley, and hves in Chelsea, Vt. Chil- 



50 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

dren, Phoebe J., b Sept. 3, i860, m Elmer Reed, Chelsea, Vt.; 
Emma L., b Jan. 31, 1869, m (i) Frank Griffin, who died; m (2) 
Frank Lathrop, and lives in WilHamstown, Vt. 

VII. Dana Taylor, s of Squyres Taylor/ (Noah,^ Reuben^), 
m Charlotte Beckwith, and lives in Washington, Vt. Children, 
Herbert T., b i860, m LilHan Foster, and hve in Plainfield, Vt.; 
Lucia, b 1863, is married, and lives in northern Vermont; Ada, 
b 1865, m Charles Darling; Elmer, b 1868; George, b 1870; Ed- 
ward, b 1873. These birth dates are given approximately. 

VI. Elijah Taylor, s of Noah,'^ (Reuben,* Moses ^), m Dec. 25, 
1834, Sarah K. Barron, who was born June 27, 1810, in Wash- 
ington, Vt., and died there Jan. 26, 1892. He died Oct. 12, 1892. 
Children, Martha C, b Feb. 3, 1836, unmarried; Ellen V., b 
June 15, 1838; Herbert E., b June 27, 1853, d Apr. 22, 1858. 
All born in Washington, Vt. 

VII. Ellen V. Taylor, dau of Elijah Taylor,*^ (Noah,'^ Reuben ^) 
m May 12, i860. Rev. Mark Powers, a Universalist minister of 
West Burke, Vt., who died Sept., 1873, in West Concord, Vt. 
Children, Florence E., b Sept. 29, 1861, m Elmer E. Dean, M.D., 
of Lebanon, N.H.; Norman C, b Dec. 23, 1866, in Stockbridge, 
Vt., m Lettie French, of Boston, Mass., and resides in West 
Lebanon, N.H., member of the firm Kibling & Powers. 

VI. Rachel Taylor, dau of Noah,"^ (Reuben,* Moses ^), m 1830, 
Willard Pepper, and d in 1889. Children, Ezra W., b Jan. 18, 
1832; Asa H., b Nov. 5, 1836; Clara V., b Nov. 8, 1839, and 
lives in Hampstead, N.H., unmarried. 

VII. Ezra W. Pepper, s of Rachel Taylor Pepper,** (Noah,^ 
Reuben*), m Susan E. Hyde of Hampstead, N. H., July 30, 
1865, d July 30, 1900, at Hampstead. No children. 

VII. Asa H. Pepper, s of Rachel Taylor Pepper,^ (Noah,^ 
Reuben*), m Sept. 8, 1861, Hattie H. Burnham, of Chelsea, Vt., 
who died Jan. 12, 1902; lives in Washington, Vt. He was in the 
war of the Rebellion, serving in Co. G, 10th Vt. Vol. Inft.; has 



DESCENDANTS OF JOHN II 5 1 

held various town offices, and was elected to the General Assembly 
in 1890-91. Children, Willard A., h Jan. 29, 1862, m Jan. i, 
1888, Nora Eastman, of Washington, Vt. Resides in Corinth, Vt. 
One child, Winnie M., b Oct. 30, 1889. Carroll L., b Jan. 20, 
1864, d Apr., 1870; Lillian May, b May, 1873, d May, 1885. 

VI. David Taylor, s of Noah,'^ (Reuben,* Moses ^), m in 1842, 
Sophia M. Wiley. Is Hving at Washington, Vt., 92 years af age. 
Children, Noah C, b June 24, 1845; -^^^^ ^-^ ^ July 3, 1848; 
Allie R., b May 11, 1852; Elsie L., b Feb. 15, 1855, m June 29, 
1880, Dr. C. M. Scribner, and d Feb. 16, 1901. 

VII. Noah C. Taylor, s of David Taylor," (Noah,"' Reuben*), 
m Nov., 1883, Leila N. Lord. Children, Nora E., b Oct. 21, 
1884; Florence O., b June 13, 1886; Harvey W., b July 11, 1889; 
Jasper E., b Aug. 6, 1890. 

VII. Jane R. Taylor, dau of David Taylor," (Noah,"* Reuben*), 
m June 27, 1875, William H. Davis, of Hampstead, N.H. Chil- 
dren, Carrie E., b Nov. 2, 1876, m May 19, 1903, Theodore 
Snook, a telegraph operator, hves in Titusville, N.J.; Clinton 
H., b Sept. 26, 1878; Mary G., b Sept. 9, 1880. 

VII. Allie R. Taylor, dau of David Taylor," (Noah,'' Reuben*), 
m Dec. 23, 1879, John F. Calef of Washington, Vt. One child, 
Olive P., h Oct. 26, 1881. 

VI. Clara D. Taylor, dau of Noah,'' (Reuben,* Moses ^), m 
Josiah Gay at Stoughton, Mass., where she died Nov. 21, 1896. 
One child, E. Adelia, b Mar. 31, 1853, in Stoughton. 

VII. E. Adelia Gay, dau of Clara D. Taylor Gay," (Noah,'' 
Reuben*), m Abijah Tisdale. Both are dead, but have children 
Hving in Stoughton, Mass. 

III. Aaron Taylor, s of John,^ (John'), m Katherine . 

Children, Phoehe; Catherine; Dinah; Eunice. Further record of 
this branch is wanting. 



52 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 



Descendants of Ebenezer — Ninth Child of 

Ancestor 

II. Ebenezer Taylor, s of John/ m Mehitable, dau of Dea- 
con Samuel Smith of East Hartford, Ct., b May 9, 1696. No 
record of her death. Children, Jacob, b July 10, 1718, in Had- 
ley; Ebenezer, hyisn. 24, 1723, in Hadley; Lois; Mary. Further 
record of the last two children is wanting. 

Mehitable came from a distinguished family. Her father was 
a deacon and was otherwise prominent in church affairs in Hart- 
ford. Her grandfather PhiHp was one of the first men of his 
time in the town of Hadley, a selectman, lieutenant, deacon, 
member of the General Court, justice in the County Court, rep- 
resentative, and, which crowns all, a man of devotion, sanctity, 
gravity, and all that was honest, and died Jan. 10, 1685, "mur- 
dered with an hideous witchcraft," according to Cotton Mather. 
Her emigrant ancestor was Lt. Samuel Smith, who came over 
from England in 1634, in the ship Ehsabeth. He came to Hadley 
from Wethersfield, Ct., among the original settlers, where he was 
a leading man, says Judd, holding important offices both in 
church and state. Ebenezer must have been something of a 
man to have married into such a family. He was among the 
first to settle Granby, going there in 1727. According to the 
date of a deed given by him to his son Ebenezer, Jr., now in pos- 
session of Willard A. Taylor, he was ahve in 1765, being then 
sixty-eight years old. No date of his death is available. 

The first settlement of the Taylors in Granby is a matter of 
interest. "History of Ct. Valley" says that Ebenezer, son of 
John (i), removed to Granby in 1727; Thomas, between 1727 
and 1 731; Jacob, between 1750 and 1763. "Judd's Hadley" 
says Ebenezer, Sr., removed as early as 1731, and was alive 
in 1756 (probably a typographical error, and should be 1765), 
also that "six meadow lots were laid out named 'Stony Brook 
Meadow,' 'Chapin's Meadow,' 'Great Meadow,' 'Little Meadow,' 
'Long Meadow on Taylor's Brook,' and 'Pichawamiche Meadow.' 
Most of these meadow lots were within the present limits of 




ALLEN TAYLOR 



DESCENDANTS OF EBENEZER 53 

Granby." In 1731 the names of eight Taylors appear among 
the taxable inhabitants of So. Hadley, from which town these 
meadow lots were laid out. The names are as follows: John, 
Jr., Joseph, Samuel, Sr., Samuel, Jr., Joshua, Moses, Thomas, 
Ebenezer, Sr. Judd intimates that John, Joseph, Samuel, Jr., 
Joshua and Moses were not very far from the Springfield line, 
on the Plain and on the Pynchon lot, and that Samuel, Sr., 
Thomas and Ebenezer, Sr., were within the present limits of 
Granby, which was not set off from So. Hadley by incorpora- 
tion until 1768. 

III. Jacob Taylor, s of Ebenezer,- (John^), m (i) Elisabeth 
Lane, "to whom he was pubhshed Sept. 28, 1751." Elisabeth 
Lane was born Oct. 26, 17 19. She descended from: i. Ancestor 
WiUiam Lane, who was living in Boston in 1648. 2. Samuel 
Lane, b in Boston, 1652, Corporal under Capt. WilHam Turner 
of Dorchester in the Connecticut Valley Expedition of King 
Phihp's War in 1676; m 1677, Sarah Dickinson of Hatfield; 
settled in Hadley, lived on "Middle Highway," removed to Suf- 
field, Ct., where he died in 1691. 3. John Lane, b 1686, 
Suffield, Ct.; allotted lands in Hadley "outer commons," 1720; 
allotted lands in "inner commons," 1731; m Susannah Strong 
and d 1745 or 6. 4. Elisabeth Lane, who married Jacob Taylor. 
The following interesting item is on record in the Lane history 
touching Elisabeth Lane's brother John. In 1749 the parish of 
So. Hadley "voted to have a sign for meeting on the Sabbath." 
A conch shell was procured and John Lane was to be paid for 
blowing it as the assessor should agree with him. It was called 
"blowing the Cunk." This same John, with gun and ammuni- 
tion, hurried away to Bunker Hill in 1775. His sons, John and 
Samuel, after his return, enlisted in the Revolution. About 1779 
he removed to Westminster, Vt., and settled on Wellington Hill, 
where his descendants were Hving in 1897. 

Rev. John W. Lane, now living in North Hadley, is a descend- 
ant from William Lane the Ancestor through another branch. 
This same Mr. Lane and wife were among the special guests 
of the second reunion at Hadley, Aug. 27, 1903. He is pastor 
of the Second Congregational Church at North Hadley, which 



54 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

pastorate has covered the period of twenty-five years, the cele- 
bration of which anniversary was observed by a surprise visit 
from his parishioners and friends from Hatfield and Amherst, 
May I, 1903. His first pastorate was at Whately of eighteen 
years' duration. He was graduated from Amherst College in 
1856, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1859. The 
Taylors have known so little heretofore about the progenitors of 
Elisabeth Lane, the first wife of Jacob Taylor, that we are glad 
to furnish the above sketch of so worthy an ancestry. 

Jacob Taylor, m (2) Ruth White Rood, widow of Daniel 
Rood, and dau of John White, in 1764, in South Hadley. Ac- 
cording to Judd, Ruth m Daniel Rood, Nov. i, 1748. The 
father of Ruth was a descendant of the emigrant John White 
who came from England in the ship "Lyon," arriving in New 
England, Sept. 16, 1632; settled in Cambridge; removed to 
Hartford, Ct., in 1636, of which town he was an original set- 
tler; was also one of the original signers to settle Hadley in 1659 
and hved on lot 40; representative in 1664 and 1669; returned 
to Hartford in 1670, where he became an elder in the South 
Church, and d in 1683 or 4. Line of descent: i. John; 2. Na- 
thaniel, b 1629; 3. Nathaniel, b 1652; 4. John, b 1682; 5. Ruth, 
b about 1720. Her mother was Martha, dau of Samuel Church, 
and grand-dau of Richard Church, who settled on Hadley's 
Wide Street in 1659, a near neighbor to John Taylor.^ 

Ruth White Rood had at least one child by Daniel Rood, viz., 
Jonathan, who would thus be half-brother to the children of 
Jacob by Ruth. The children of Jonathan were Orrie, Harvey, 
and Robert, by one wife, and Vernelia by another. 

Jacob Taylor seems thus to have married into two very distin- 
guished families, which, to say the least, is indicative of the char- 
acter and standing of the man. All references to him point to the 
fact that he was a very prominent, influential, and moderately 
wealthy man for those days. In 17 7° he was selectman. In 
1 77 1 he was among the eight men who had the largest estates in 
Granby. In the same year he was reported among those who 
raised the most grain. In those days wealth Vv^as represented by 
acreage and bushels of grain. 



DESCENDANTS OF EBENEZER 55 

According to Judd, he removed to Granby as early as 1750. 
The boundaries of his original homestead are now difficult to 
trace, the "staddles" and "stones" which marked the corners 
no longer remaining, but the record of deeds shows that Jacob 
transferred a piece of land to Ithamar in i793i for which the latter 
paid ;;£i32, and another to Silas in 1800, for which he paid $500. 
The description of these and other deeds would strongly indicate 
that Jacob was at that time in possession of all the property now 
held by Sylvester H. Taylor, Lucia J. Taylor, and Charles H. 
Taylor; that the piece sold to Ithamar "with dwelling house, 
barn, and orchard," was Lucia J. Taylor's place, which has come 
down through various descendants to the present owner, and that 
the tract sold to Silas is now the home of Charles H. Taylor, 
lying exactly opposite the Ithamar place. In confirmation of 
this, it is known as a matter of history that several of the chil- 
dren of Silas have been in the habit of visiting this spot as their 
birthplace. The descendants of Ithamar, Silas, and Sylvester H. 
Taylor can mark with good degree of certainty the original home- 
steads of their respective ancestors, with strong presumptive evi- 
dence that Sylvester H. Taylor now occupies the homestead 
where Jacob once lived. 

The following is a sample of the deeds given in those days: — 

Jacob Taylor of Granby, for the sum of $500, I do bargain, 
sell, release, convey, to Silas Taylor and his heirs, a certain piece 
of land in Granby, bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake and 
stone by the road, northeast corner of a piece of land that 
belongs to Ithamar Taylor and south 30°, west 56 rods, then 
east 27 rods 15 links, then southwest 6 rods, then east 4°, south 
28 rods, then south 20", west i5>^ rods, then east 11°, south 80 
rods, then north 3™, west 38^^ rods, then west 4"*, south 15 rods 
8 links to black oak staddle, then west 6"*, north 14 rods, to a 
walnut staddle, then west 13™, north 25 rods 8 links, then north 
11" 30™, east II rods, northwest 6 rods, then north 9", west 20 
rods, then north 4°, west 14 rods 18 links, then westerly by the 
road to the first boundary, and containing 40 acres. 

Dec. I, 1800. 



56 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

Was Jacob in the war of the Revokition? We think he may 
have been, but the evidence therefor is not as clear as we could 
wish. The records of Granby and those of surrounding towns 
are silent on the subject, except that in the record of military 
service in the Revolution for the towns of Granby, Belchertown, 
and Amherst there appears the name of a Taylor whose first 
name is blank, serving in Capt. John Cowle's Co., Col. Wood- 
bridge's Regt., which marched in response to the Lexington 
Alarm, Apr. 20, i775- The name of Ebenezer Taylor, brother of 
Jacob, appears in the same company. There is also a well defined 
family tradition among some of the descendants of Jacob favor- 
ing the view that he served in that war, some of the present 
generation remembering distinctly of hearing their parents refer 
to that fact. In the light of these clues, it is fair to presume 
that the blank which appears before the name of "Taylor" in 
the Granby record should be filled by that of Jacob. Mention 
should be made, however, of the fact that in 1775 Jacob would 
have been 57 years old, but to offset that apparent difficulty, it 
must be remembered that at that time, in emergency cases, and 
for short enhstments, men were mustered into service from 15 to 
60 years of age. We shall assume, therefore, until there is posi- 
tive proof to the contrary, that Jacob was in the Revolutionary 
War. 

Descendants of Ebenezer through Jacob (by 
Elisabeth Lane), Ithamar, Samuel, and 
Benoni 

Children of Jacob and Elisabeth — Ithamar, b 1752; Susanna, 
b 1754, d unmarried. Mar. 26, 1842; Samuel, b 1756; Shubael, b 
1759, d in Granby, unmarried, July 15, 1834; Benoni, b 1761. 

IV. Ithamar Taylor, s of Jacob,^ (Ebenezer," John ^), and 

Elisabeth Lane, m Thankful , who died Jan. 28, 1809. 

He died May 16, 1818. He was a soldier in the army of the 
Revolution. The Massachusetts State Archives mentions him as 
follows: First, he appears on the Lexington alarm roll, Capt. 
John Cowle's Co., Col. Woodbridge's Regt., which marched on 




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DESCENDANTS OF JACOB 57 

the alarm of Apr. 19, 1775. Date of marching, Apr. 20. Sec- 
ond, appears on a pay abstract for travel to and from camp, 
Capt. James Hendrick's Co., dated Charlestown Camp, No. 3, 
Jan. 13, 1776. Third, appears on muster and pay-roll, Capt. 
Phineas Smith's Co., Col. Ruggles Woodbridge's Regt. EnHsted 
Aug. 17, 1777. Marched on alarm at Bennington. He was 
selectman in Granby in 1796. Children of Ithamar Taylor, 
Naomi, b Dec. 3, 1778, m Pliny Chapin, d in South Hadley; 
Ariel, b Oct. 22, 1780; Clarissa, b 1782; Chester, b Jan. 24, 1786 
(tombstone record); Rosivell, b Jan. 10, 1791 (tombstone); 
Lucius, b Feb. 28, 1793, d unmarried. Mar. 29, 1829; Chauncey, 
b Feb. 28, 1795. 

V. Ariel Taylor, s of Ithamar,^ (Jacob,^ Ebenezer,^ John ^), m 
Dec. II, 1806, Hannah Bartlett, d Mar. 10, 1864. She, b Nov. 

20, 1 781, d Nov. 3, 1828. Children, Electa, b Sept. 7, 1807, d 
Nov. 3, 1828; Emily, b Feb. 20, 1809; Clarissa, b Sept. 24, 1811; 
William H., b July 9, 1814; Eunice L., b Oct. 20, 1816; Hannah 
M., b July 20, 1818; Ithamar S., b May i, 1821; Minerva, b 
Dec. 10, 1823, d Oct. I, 1828; Caroline E., b Mar. 25, 1826, 
in Williamsburg. All the others born in Granby. 

VI. Emily Taylor, dau of Ariel,^ (Ithamar *), m Oct. 8, 1834, 
Aaron Strong in Southampton, d Dec. 11, 1880. He died June 

21, 1888. Children, William V., b July 26, 1835; Electa M., b 
Jan. 16, 1839; Ejnily M., b Sept. 22, 1842, d Mar. 30, 1875; 
Helen A., b Nov. 21, 1844; Clinton A., b Feb. 13, 1847, m May 
27, 1869, Eva N. Boicc, d June 10, 1871; Newton A., b Aug. 22, 
1848; Homer O., b Oct. 22, 1850, m July, 1879, Eva M. B. Strong, 
and d July 28, 1903. 

VII. William V. Strong, s of Emily Taylor Strong," (Ariel,* 
Ithamar*), m June, 1864, Sarah B. Bass. Children, Julia B., 
b Mar. 9, 1867; Clititon A., h Aug. 3, 1874. 

VII. Electa M. Strong, dau of Emily," (Ariel,^ Ithamar *), m 
Nov. 28, 1866, Charles H. Chapman, and d July 13, 1903. Chil- 
dren, Fred S., b Apr. 8, 1874, m Aug. 18, 1900, Martha E. Marsh; 
Efnily M., b Apr. 7, 1875, m May 23, 1900, Arthur C. Ferry. 



58 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

VII. Newton A. Strong, s of Emily,*' (Ariel/ Ithamar^), m 
May 27, 1874, Ada R. Searl. Children, Jessie Jane; Francis N., 
b Apr. 2, 1879; Florence H., b Apr. 22, 1883. 

VI. Clarissa Taylor, dau of Ariel,'^ (Ithamar''), m Apr., 1840, 
Addison H. White, d Oct. 22, 1885. One child, Addison, b Oct. 
3, 1842. 

VII. Addison White, s of Clarissa Taylor White,** (Ariel,' 
Ithamar ^), m June, 1874, Helen M. Green. Children, George 4-; 
Raymond C, b Dec, 1880. 

VI. William H. Taylor, s of Ariel,' (Ithamar''), m Oct. 8, 
1878, Eva Gorton, d Dec. 5, 1872. Children, Virgil B., b Feb. 
18, 1885; Arthur, b July 7, 1888. 

VI. Eunice L. Taylor, dau of Ariel,' (Ithamar*), m Apr., 
1841, Wilbur F. Harris, d Apr., 1878. One child, Frances A., 
b Oct. 3, 1846. She married Orlando Pomeroy, and had one 
child, Lena. 

VI. Hannah M. Taylor, dau of Ariel,' (Ithamar ■*), m Oct. 14, 
1846, EU B. Trowbridge, d May i, 1898. Children, William T., 
b Jan. 18, 1849; Charles F., b May 18, 1853. 

VII. William T. Trowbridge, s of Hannah M.,"* (Ariel,' Itha- 
mar*), m Mar. 27, 1877, Catherine M. Palmer. Children, Clinton 
S., b Feb. 22, 1879; Laura B., b Jan. 19, 1882. 

VII. Charles F. Trowbridge, s of Hannah M.,^ (Ariel,' Itha- 
mar*), m 1885, Mary A. Toomer. Children, Grace M., b Apr. 9, 
1887; Ada E., b Apr. 29, 1889; Dorothy, b Oct., 1897. 

VI. Ithamar S. Taylor, s of Ariel,' (Ithamar*), m June 11, 
1846, Emily D. Robinson, d Dec. 29, 1892. Children, Ada E., 
b Apr. 14, 1847, d Nov. 7, 1847; William H., b Mar. 12, 1849; 
Ithamar S., b June 28, 1851; Hannah E., b Dec. 25, 1853, d 
Sept. 10, 1862; Kittie E., b Jan. 11, 1856, d Sept. 14, 1862; James 
B., b Feb. 21, 1858, d Feb. 19, 1862; Eugene L., b Dec. 9, 1864; 
Ada E., b Apr. 12, 1868, d Dec. 31, 1868. 



DESCENDANTS OF JACOB 59 

VI. Caroline E. Taylor, dau of Ariel,^ (Ithamar*), m (i) Jan. 
I, 1850, Homer Owen; he died Jan. 18, 1854; m (2) June 18, 
1856, Edwin Coolcy. Children by (2), Edwin H., b Dec. i, 
1857; Elisabeth G., b July 3, 1859; Clara W., b Oct. 3, 1862; 
Lizzie G., m Sept. 18, 1885, William A. Greene. 

VII. Edwin H. Cooley, s of Caroline E,*^ (Ariel,' Ithamar'), 
m (i) July 26, 1882, Mattie G. Page. She died Jan. 17, 1888. 
Children, George E., b Apr. 11, 1884; Elijah C, b Aug. 11, 1886; 
Roy B., b Dec. 29, 1887. Married (2) Nov., 1891, Lucy W. 
Houghton. Children, Elisabeth, b Dec. 12, 1892; Austin W.,h 
Aug. 23, 1894, d Dec. 12, 1899; Catherine, b Apr. 11, 1901. 

V. Chester Taylor, s of Ithamar,^ (Jacob,^ Ebenezer,^ John'), 
m Feb. 27, 1812, Eunice Strong, of Southampton, Mass., b Oct. 
29, 1792, d Dec. 5, 1863, in Granby. He died Aug. 4, 1852, in 
Granby. Eunice Strong was the daughter of Job Strong, a 
descendant of John Strong who was the ancestor of Caleb Strong, 
Gov. of Massachusetts. Children of Chester Taylor, Dexter S., 
b Nov. 26, 1812; Lydia L., b May 5, 1814; Job S., b June 29, 
1817; Thankjul M., b Nov. 6, 1820; Susan, b Sept. 16, 1823, d 
unmarried. Mar. 26, 1899, in Granby; William, b Aug. 19, 1826; 
Andrew J., b Nov. 22, 1828; Charles H., b May 11, 1831; Syl- 
vester H., b May 5, 1833; all of Granby. 

VI. Dexter S. Taylor, s of Chester,'^ (Ithamar ■*), m Feb. 4, 
1841, Deha Miller, at Ludlow, d Oct. 31, 1888, in Granby. She 
died Mar. 27, 1878. Children, Emeline S., b Apr. 2, 1843, ^'^' 
married, hving; Lucilla J., b Apr. 13, 1845, ^ Sept. 30, 1853; 
Lucius, b Apr. 21, 1847, ^ Sept. 6, 1847; Edwin, b Aug. 7, 1848, 
d June 30, 1849; Charles M., b Jan. 18, 1851; Frederick, b Mar. 
21, 1853, d Sept. 23, 1853; all of Granby. 

VII. Charles M. Taylor, s of Dexter S,^ (Chester,' Ithamar^), 
m (i) Mar. 26, 1872, Charlotte Ferry. She died May 31, 1882, 
in Granby; m (2) May 24, 1883, Harriet Towne. Children by 
(i), Clinton F., b Mar. 10, 1873, m June 22, 1898, Mabel Fair- 
banks, at Ludlow; Delia, b June 20, 1877, m Oct. 10, 1900, Nelson 
Kellogg, has one child, Florence C, b May 27, 1903; all of 
Granby. ;, 



6o HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

VI. Lydia Taylor, dau of Chester,'^ (Ithamar*), m June i, 
1834, Byron Cady, at Madison, Ohio, d Mar. 13, 1895. He, b 
Mar. 18, 1808, d Mar., 1895. Children, Josephine, b May 27, 
1835; Homer, b Sept. 16, 1840, d Sept. 24, 1855; Alson, b May 
22, 1842; Fordyce, b Feb. 24, 1845; Ellett, b Apr. 10, 1848, d 
Aug. 10, 1853; all of Madison, Ohio. 

VII. Josephine Cady, dau of Lydia,** (Chester,^ Ithamar*), m 
Dec. 24, 1852, William Halstead. Children, Charles, b July 15, 
1854; Frank, b Oct. 4, 1859; Byron, b Jan. 6, 1871, d Mar. 23, 
1871; Susie, b July 23, 1873, d May 6, 1874; Clara, b Apr. 14, 

1875. 

VII. Alson Cady, s of Lydia,^ (Chester,^ Ithamar^), m June 
30, 1875, Silvia Strong. Children, Anna, b Aug. i, 1879; Rus- 
sell, b Mar. 13, 1883. 

VII. Fordyce Cady, s of Lydia,** (Chester,^ Ithamar*), m Mi- 
nerva Bhss. One child, Merton. 

VI. Job S, Taylor, s of Chester,^ (Ithamar*), m Aug. 22, 1846, 
Almira Burr, at Madison, Ohio, d Jan. 28, 1899. She, b Sept. 
II, 1819, living. Children, Charles, b May 17, 1847; Susie, b 
July 4, 1850, m Oct. 26, 1870, John Carlysle, d Apr. 18, 1871; 
Ada E., b Sept. 28, 1852, m John Guest, of Boston, Mass. He 
died Feb. 3, 1897. 

VII. Charles Taylor, s of Job S.,^ (Chester,^ Ithamar^), m (i) 
Jan., 1879, Juha Nigh. She died June, 1880. One child, Julia, 
b June, 1880. Married (2), Ada Campbell, May, 1885. Chil- 
dren, Campbell, b Mar., 1886; Burr, b Dec, 1888. 

VI. Thankful M. Taylor, dau of Chester,^ (Ithamar*), m Jan. 
20, 1842, Samuel Keyes, at Ludlow, Mass. She living. He, b 
Feb. 8, 1820, d Jan. 13, 1864, in Ludlow. Children, Leroy S., 
b Apr. I, 1843, d Aug. 17, 1848; Henry W., b June 5, 1845; 
Ellen v., b Apr. 24, 1847, d Aug. 19, 1848; Laura A., h Oct. 
28, 1849; Julia E., b Feb. 7, 1853; Emma S., b July i, 1856, d 
Apr. 14, 1858; Myron H., b July 4, 1858, unmarried, hving; 
Edward S., b May 27, 1861, d Oct. 29, 1864. 




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DESCENDANTS OF JACOB 6l 

VII. Henry W. Keyes, s of Thankful M./ (Chester/ Ithamar *), 
m Dec. 25, 1869, Jessie Leslie. She died Sept. 22, 1890. Chil- 
dren, E. Gertrude, b Aug. 26, 1871; Cora, b Aug. 26, 1873; Henry 
S., b Oct. 2, 1875; all of Indian Orchard. 

Henry W. Keyes was in the Civil War, enlisting Sept. 23, 1863, 
in Co. C, Third R.I. Cavalry, and was discharged at expira- 
tion of service, Dec. 13, 1865. He was in the Red River cam- 
paign and engaged in a large number of battles; served t,t, years 
in the Springfield Fire Dept., during 30 of which he was assistant 
engineer; belongs to Post 16, G.A.R., Brigham Lodge Masons, 
and the Red Men. 

VII. Laura A. Keyes, dau of Thankful M.,*^ (Chester,^ Ithamar^), 
m Oct. 4, 1866, Charles Simonds, d July 7, 1882. He died Feb. 2, 
1902. Children, J. Leroy, b Oct. 9, 1867; Frederick, b Sept. 13, 
1869. 

VII. Julia E. Keyes, dau of Thankful M./ (Chester,^ Ithamar^), 
m Jan. 26, 1871, Wilham Walker. Children, Isabelle, b Mar. 4, 
1872; Henry C, b June 27, 1874. 

VI. William Taylor, s of Chester,'^ (Ithamar^), m May 30, 
1854, EHza Lyman, d Nov. 3, 1864, in Ludlow. She, b Nov. 
3, 1834, d July 24, 1870, in Ware. Children, Elmer R., b Mar. 
20, 1857; Alvin L., b July 27, i860, d Oct. 25, 1864; Ellen S., 
b Dec. 28, 1864. 

VII. Elmer R. Taylor, s of William,*^ (Chester,'^ Ithamar *), m 
Nov., 1881, Belle Lyman. She, b Feb. i, 1857. Children, 
Fhrence, b Sept. 28, 1882; Ruth, b Sept. 11, 1884; Helen, b July 
26, 1893, lives at Chicopee Falls. 

VII. Ellen S. Taylor, dau of William,'^ (Chester,'^ Ithamar *), 
m Nov. 15, 1888, Rev. Albert D. Smith, at Granby. One child, 
Howard Taylor, b Dec. 13, 1889. Ellen S., graduated from Mt. 
Holyoke Seminary in 1886. Albert David Smith, her husband, 
graduated from Amherst College in 1879, and from Andover 
Theological Seminary in 1888. He is pastor of the Congrega- 
tional church at Northboro, Mass. 



62 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

VI. Andrew J. Taylor, s of Chester/ (Ithamar*), m July 6, 

187 1, Jane M. Taylor, at Granby. She, b Dec. 2, 1839, ^ Oct. 
25, 1872; he, d Apr. 7, 1876. One child, Lucia J., b Aug, 15, 

1872, unmarried, heir to the original Ithamar Taylor homestead 
in Granby, which is supposed to have descended from Jacob 
Taylor. 

VI. Charles Henry Taylor, s of Chester,^ (Ithamar ^), m Dec: 
16, 1858, Mrs. Jane Boynton Barnes, at Amherst. She, b Aug. 
13, 1837. No children. Owner of, and living on, the original 
Silas Taylor homestead, which was deeded to the latter in 1800 
by Jacob Taylor, his father. 

VI. Sylvester Harland Taylor, s of Chester,^ (Ithamar ^), m 
June 9, 1861, Carrie F. Boynton, at Pelham. She, b Aug. 6, 
1839. Children, Edwin B., b May 3, 1862, m Oct. 27, 1887, 
Hattie J. Baggs, at Ludlow, Mass., and d Oct. 20, 1901, at 
Swampscott, Mass.; William L., b July 7, 1864, d Feb. 21, 
1890, at Springfield, Mass.; Leon W., b Feb. i, 1866; Jennie M., 
b Oct. 21, 1868; Homer C, b Nov. 10, 1872; Carrie L., b Oct. 13, 
1878; Mabel E., b May 17, 1881; all of Granby. 

Sylvester Harland Taylor was a soldier in the Civil War. A cer- 
tificate of service from the War Department says: "He enhsted as 
a private Aug. 5, 1862, for nine months' service, in Capt. William 
Perkins' Co., H, 5 2d Regt., Mass. Vol. Inft., Col. Halbert S. Green- 
leaf commanding. His regiment was recruited at Greenfield, Mass., 
and went into camp at Long Island preparatory for the 'Banks 
Expedition,' and on the 2d of Dec. sailed on the steamer 'Illi- 
nois' for Baton Rouge, La., where it was assigned to the 2d 
Brigade, 4th Div., 19th Corps, Dept. of the Gulf. On March 
13, the regiment advanced to the rear of Port Hudson on a recon- 
noissance in aid of Admiral Farragut's effort to run the bat- 
teries with a portion of his fleet, and the next day penetrated to 
within a few hundred yards of the hostile intrenchments, a point 
more than a mile in advance of other regiments, winning high 
praise for its deportment. It was later engaged in battles and 
skirmishes at 'McWilham's Plantation,' 'Irish Bend,' 'Springfield 
Landing,' 'Siege of Port Hudson,' and of ' Donaldsonville,' at all 



DESCENDANTS OF JACOB 63 

times performing most meritorious duty. The regiment lost 112 
men by death while in the service. On account of illness Syl- 
vester H. Taylor was confined in hospital at New Iberia, La., 
also in the Marine Hospital at New Orleans. With these excep- 
tions he was constantly with his command, participating in all 
its duties, achieving a record for brave and soldierly bearing at all 
times. He was honorably discharged at Greenfield, Mass., Aug. 
14, 1863, by reason of expiration of service." He is still living 
in Granby, and is a member of the C. C. Smith Post, No. 183, 
Dept. of Mass., Grand Army of the Republic. In civic Hfe he 
has served as assessor and selectman, and is an honored citizen. 

VII. Leon W. Taylor, s of Sylvester H/ (Chester,^ Ithamar *), 
m Dec. 2, 1 89 1, at Springfield, Mass., Anna E. Ferry. Lives at 
Granby. Children, Delia F., b Mar. 29, 1895; Mildred E., b 
Dec. 29, 1899. 

VII. Homer C. Taylor, s of Sylvester H.,^ (Chester,^ Ithamar *), 
m Oct. 16, 1901, Adele Ludington. One child, Marion Z., b 
July 27, 1902. Lives in Granby. 

VII. Carrie L. Taylor, dau. of Sylvester H. Taylor,*^ (Chester^, 
Ithamar*), m Jan. 3, 1901, Arthur Towne Warner of Granby, 
who comes down in the direct line from Eleazer Warner, who 
m Esther, dau. of John Taylor. ^ The line of descent from 
John Warner of Hadley is as follows: Eleazer; Stephen; Eli; 
Alonzo; Alonzo C.; Arthur T. (see 11. Esther Taylor). 

V. Roswell Taylor, s of Ithamar,^ (Jacob,^ Ebenezer,'^ John ^), 
m Dec. 22, 1836, Amy Carver. She, b Oct. 8, 1798, d Dec. 4, 
1855. Lived in Granby, d June 22, 1870. One child, Jane 
Maria, m Andrew J. Taylor. 

V. Chauncey Taylor, s of Ithamar,^ (Jacob,' Ebenezer," John ^), 
m Apr. 13, 181 7, Rachel Clark. Lived in Rushford, Farmersville, 
and New Hudson, N.Y., and both died in the latter place. Chil- 
dren, Harriet, b Nov. 8, 1819; Theresa, b Feb. 8, 1826; 
Malona, b 1828; Alvin, b July 24, 1832. 



64 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

VI. Harriet Taylor, dau of Chauncey,* (Ithamar'*), m (i) 
Henry Rose, who died without children; m (2) July 29, 1848, Bethuel 
Freeman, who died Apr. 15, 1864. She d Feb. 4, 1892. Lived 
in Rushford, N.Y. Children, Wilber, b Aug. 31, 1854; Albert, 
b Nov. 8, 1855. 

VII. Wilber Freeman, s of Harriet Taylor Freeman/ (Chaun- 
cey,''^ Ithamar^), m Jan. 8, 1879, Lydia Brown. Children, Gene- 
vieve, b Sept. 12, 1888, d Feb. 25, 1895; Nye H., b Sept. 5, 1891; 
Harriet A., b Feb. 2, 1894; Edith L., b Feb. 12, 1897; Ralph R., 
b June 26, 1902 ; all live in Rushford, N.Y. 

VII. Albert Freeman, s of Harriet Taylor Freeman/ (Chaun- 
cey,^ Ithamar^), m Aug. 30, 1882, Ettie A. Ryther, b. Nov 10, 
1856. Children, Metta, b Dec. 30, 1883; Grace, h Feb. 14, 1885; 
Ellen, h Jan. 31, 1887; Mildred, b Dec. i, 1888; Carrie, b May 
26, 1890; Floyd A.,h Oct. 30, 1893; all live in Frankhnville, N.Y. 

VI. Theresa Taylor, dau of Chauncey/ (Ithamar*), m 1847, 
Gideon S. Lyman, and d Aug. 22, 1890. He d Aug. 17, 1889. 
Children, Kezia, b June 29, 1849; Harriet, b Aug. 17, 1850; 
Elijah, b Jan. 22, 1852; Dayton, b Apr. lo, 1853; Myranda, b 
Dec. 19, 1854; Addie, b June 24, 1855; Elbert and Albert, twins, 
d nine months old; Plin, b Nov. 6, 1864; Nettie, b Oct. 9, 1867. 
Parents lived in Rushford many years, and died in Olean, N.Y. 

VII. Kezia Lyman, dau of Theresa Taylor Lyman,** (Chaun- 
cey,'"' Ithamar^), m Henry C. Pettit of Rushford, N. Y. Children, 
Fred ; Ella ; Ernest. They live at Fort Brook, Fla. 

VII. Harriet Lyman, dau of Theresa Taylor Lyman,'' (Chaun- 
cey/' Ithamar*), m Milton G. Scott of Rushford. Children, Maria; 
Maggie; Eugene. 

yil. Elijah Lyman, s of Theresa Taylor Lyman,^ (Chauncey,' 
Itliamar'*), m Alice Eudora McElhany. Children, Ina ; Ellen ; 
Eudora. They live in Cuba, N.Y. 

VII. Dayton Lyman, s of Theresa Taylor Lyman," (Chaun- 
cey,"^ Ithamar*), m Anna Dunn. Children, Lonnie ; Laura; 
Ward. They live in Cuba, N.Y. 




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DESCENDANTS OF JACOB 65 

VII. Myranda Lyman, dau of Theresa Taylor Lyman,^ 
(Chauncey,^ Ithamar*), m Samuel D. Rude of Cuba, N. Y. 
Children, Lena ; Grace ; Verna ; Pearl. They live at Haskell 
Flats, N.Y. 

VII. Addie Lyman, dau of Theresa Taylor Lyman, "^ (Chaun- 
cey,^ Ithamar*) m James Sloan of Cuba, N. Y. Children, Elbert; 
Agnes ; Sylvia ; Ethel. They live in Olean, N.Y. 

VII. Plin Lyman, s of Theresa Taylor Lyman," (Chauncey,-^ 
Ithamar^), m Edith May Keller. Children, Mearl ; Bernice. 

VII. Nettie Lyman, dau of Theresa Taylor Lyman,'' (Chaun- 
cey,^ Ithamar'^), m July 27, 1886, Charles L. Flagg, and lives 
in Olean, N. Y. Children, Minnie May; Harry Henry. 

VI. Malona Taylor, dau of Chauncey,^ (Ithamar^), m Jamin 
Tyler. Children, Frank; Elbert; Emma; Clayton; Truman; 
Carrie; Vernie. Parents Hved many years in Farmersville, N.Y. 

VI. Alvin Taylor, s of Chauncey,'^ (Ithamar*), m (i) Sept., 
1853, Martha Green, who died; m (2) Sept. 23, 1872, Alena 
Hibner. Served in Civil War two years, in the Army of the 
Potomac, under Phil. Sheridan, in Co. E, ist N.Y. Dragoons. 
Now living in Union City, Pa. Children by (i), Willis A., h 
July 29, 1854; Henry B., b Feb. 4, 1862; Lillie B., b Mar., 1856, 
d Mar., 1867; Fred A., h June, 1864. 

VII. Willis A. Taylor, s of Alvin,^ (Chauncey,^ Ithamar*), m 
Mar. 17, 1880, Rachel Courtney. Lives at Union City, Pa. 
Children, Ernest, b June 2, 1881 ; Emmet, h Mar. 5, 1883. 

VII. Henry B. Taylor, s of Alvin,^ (Chauncey,'^ Ithamar *), m 
Jan., 1883, Emma Steward, of Black Creek, N.Y., d Jan. 26, 
1902. Children, Ethel, b Dec. 12, 1882; Florence, h July 21, 
1892; Harry, b Nov. 3, 1897. 

VII. Fred A. Taylor, s of Alvin,^ (Chauncey,*^ Ithamar *), m 
1890, Jessie Scinner, and lives in Wattsburg, Pa. 



66 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

IV. Samuel Taylor, s of Jacob,^ (Ebenezer,^ John ^) and Elis- 
abeth Lane, m Rachel Potwine, wid of Girden Pinney. Girden 
Pinney died Jan. 30, 1798. Her son, Girden Pinney, b Sept. 4, 
1797. Samuel Taylor d Nov. 22, 1837. Children, Horace, b 
Oct. 13, 1799; George, b Sept. 20, 1801, d Oct. 4, 1803; George, 
b July 17, 1804; John T., b Sept. 3, 1807, d Oct. 10, 1809; all of 
Granby. 

Samuel Taylor was a soldier in the Revolution. He appears 
on the records in the Mass. Archives as a private in Capt. Eli 
Parker's Co., Col. Leonard's Regt., enlisting May 8, 1777, and 
was discharged July 16, 1777. Marched to re-enforce the Con- 
tinental Army at Ticonderoga. Residence is not given, but Capt. 
Parker belonged to Amherst, and the History of Amherst gives 
his name among a list of soldiers who formed Capt. Parker's Co. 
from Amherst, Belchertown, and Granby. Descendants of the 
family corroborate this record. He was selectman in Granby in 
1800. 

V. Horace Taylor, s of Samuel/ (Jacob ^), m Nov. 29, 1838, 
Abigail Smith, at Granby, d Aug. 21, 1882. She, b Aug. 7, 1810, 
d July 23, 1869. Children, Abhie S., b June 28, 1840; Pamelia, 
b Nov. 24, 1842; Samuel A., h Jan. 21, 1845; Ella /., b Sept. 
15, 1847; Harriet A., h Jan. 7, 1852, d Sept. 11, 1853; all of 
Granby. 

VI. Abbie S. Taylor, dau of Horace," (Samuel,^ Jacob ^), m 
Dec. 15, 1865, H. Austin Goldthwait. Children, Arthur T., b 
June 14, 1869, unmarried. 

VI. Pamelia Taylor, dau of Horace,'^ (Samuel,^ Jacob ^), m 
Nov. 24, 1868, Charles Fairbanks, at Granby. Children, Mabel, 
b Aug. 27, 1871, at Ludlow, m June 22, 1898, Clinton F. Taylor; 
Grace, b Apr. 22, 1873, ^ June 27, 1894, Charles Churchhill. 

VI. Samuel A. Taylor, s of Horace,'^ (Samuel,^ Jacob*), m 
Mar. 15, 1871, Carrie Gove. Children, Linda, b Apr. 22, 1872, 
d Dec. 12, 1879; Ada, b June 15, 1874; Leslie, b Oct. 10, 1878, 
d Feb. 13, 1880; Ruth, b Sept. 24, 1886; all of Granby. 



DESCENDANTS OF JACOB 67 

VII. Ada Taylor, dau of Samuel A./ (Horace,' Samuel/ 
Jacob ^), m Apr. 3, 1895, Marshall Olds. Children, Gertrude B., 
b Mar. 16, 1896; Leslie B., b Mar. 5, 1901. 

VI. Ella I. Taylor, dau of Horace,'^ (Samuel,^ Jacob ^), m Feb. 
ID, 1875, Asaph Barstow, d Mar. 15, 1885. Children, Ida, b 
Apr. 13, 1876, in Hadley; Ethel, b July 25, 1885, in Hadley, d 
1885. 

VII. Ida Barstow, dau of Ella I.,^ (Horace,'^ Samuel,* Jacob ^), 
m Earl Bagg. Children, Quincy; Vernon. 

V. George Taylor, s of Samuel/ (Jacob,^ Ebenezer," John'), 
m Nov. 8, 1837, Sophia Lyon, d Nov. 25, 1885, at Granby. She 
b Mar. 11, 1817, d July 13, 1898. Children, Rachel, b Aug. 17, 
1838; Viana, b Apr. 10, 1840; Olive, b May 15, 1842; John G., 
b June, 1852; all of Granby. 

VI. Rachel Taylor, dau of George/ (Samuel,* Jacob ^), m 
i860, George Carver. Children, Albert, b July 4, 1861, d Mar. 
14, 1864; Alice, b Aug. 25, 1867, m William Moody, d May 18, 
1896; Austin and Arthur, twins, b Aug. 12, 1877. Former m 
Mamie Witt. Latter d Feb. 16, 1897. 

VI. Viana Taylor, dau of George,"* (Samuel,* Jacob ^), m 1866, 
David Rich, at New Haven, Ct. Children, Ruby, b 1867; Les- 
ter, b 1881. 

VI. Olive Taylor, dau of George,'' (Samuel,* Jacob ^), m Apr. 
29, 1872, Charles Lyman. He, b Feb. 8, 1837, d July 30, 1898. 
Children, Clarence T., b Aug. 12, 1874; Eva J., b Sept. 29, 1877. 

VII. Clarence T. Lyman, s of Olive Taylor Lyman," (George,'' 
Samuel*), m Oct., 1899, Minnie Bray. One child, Charles B., b 
Nov., 1900. 

VI. John G. Taylor, s of George,^ (Samuel,* Jacob ^), m (i) 
1874, Kate Bachelor; she died Oct. 26, 1883; m (2) 1886, 
Bertha Shumway. Child by latter, Dwight, b June 19, 1888. 



68 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

IV. Benoni, s of Jacob,^ (Ebenezer,^ John') and Elisabeth 
Lane, m Polly Reed, and d in 1842. Children, Mary, b Dec. 
II, 1815, in Langdon, N.H.; Laura; Riley, b 1800; Melintha, b 
Aug. 7, 1806, m Zebina Taylor, Aug. 7, 1828 (see children of 
Zebina Taylor); David, b May 14, 1810 ; Luman ; Ezra ; dates 
of birth and death unknown. 

V. Mary Taylor, dau of Benoni Taylor,* (Jacob,^ Ebenezer,^ 
John^) m Feb. 7, 1841, Samuel Persons, and d Feb. 23, 1896, 
in Delevan, N.Y. He d (struck by lightning) about 1869. 
Children, Franks b July 2, 1843, in Rushford, N.Y.; Mary 
Ellen, b Oct. 19, 1847; Charles Samuel, b July 17, 1855, in 
Yorkshire, N.Y.; Wilber F., b Nov. 24, 1858, in Delevan. 

VI. Frank Persons, s of Mary Taylor Persons,^ (Benoni,* 
Jacob ^) m Dec. 25, 1864, Mary A. Bliton, and d in Crystal, Colo., 
Jan. 17, 1881. Children, Myrtie, b July 6, 1866, d Jan. i, 
1869, in Delevan; Samuel E., b Apr. 3, 1868, is married and 
has one child, Elsworth H., b Dec. 17, 1897, and resides at 
Ripley, N.Y.; Charlie C, b Nov. 24, 1870, in Omaha, Neb., is 
m and has one child, Dorothy, b Sept. 6, 1899, and resides near 
Cleveland, O.; Eleanor A., b Aug. 15, 1872, m a Mr. Clark, has one 
child, Elizabeth E., b Nov. 22, 1902, and resides in Yonkers, N.Y. 

VII. Mary Ellen Persons, dau of Mary Taylor Persons,^ 

(Benoni,* Jacob^), m Mar. 28, 1869, Edwin Cooper, and resides 
at Currier, N.Y. One child, Minnie, b Apr. 9, 1870, m Ed. 
Sherman, has one child, Teddy C, and resides at Arcade, N.Y. 

VI. Charles Samuel Persons, s of Mary Taylor Persons,^ 

(Benoni,* Jacob ^), m July 17, 1877, Martha Phinney, and resides 
at Delevan. Children, Glenn W., b Jan. 26, 1879; Marie E., b 
July I, 1880, m Sept. 10, 1901, Herbert Hitchcock, and has one 
child, Elwyn P., b July 25, 1902; Blaine C., b Apr. 19, 1884; 
Millard M., b Sept. 2^, 1887. All born and reside in Delevan. 

VI. Wilber F. Persons, s of Mary Taylor Persons,^ (Benoni, * 
Jacob"''), m June 2, 1880, Alice Catherine Strong, and resides at 
Delevan. He is an enterprising and successful young business 




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DESCENDANTS OF JACOB 69 

man, proprietor of a large printing establishment which supplies 
thirty or more ready print weekly newspapers for Western N.Y. 
One child, Claude, b July ii, 1882, who resides in Delevan. 

V. Laura Taylor, dau of Benoni Taylor,* (Jacob ^), m John 
Dake, resided in Yorkshire, N.Y., afterward in Waupaca Co., 
Wis. Children, Mandana, m has two children; Lauraetie, m has ^ 
four children; Jane, m has three children; Wesley, m has two \ 
children; Emma, m has one child. All of Laura's children are 
dead, except Lauraetie and Wesley. 

V. Riley Taylor, s of Benoni,* (Jacob ^), m 1824, Rachel 
Witherell, and d May 24, 1869. She died Jan., 1873. Lived in 
Rushford and Yorkshire, N.Y., and both died in Portage Co., 
Wis. Children, Jane, b 1826; Luman, b Mar. 15, 1828; Charles, 
b Apr. 20, 1830; Albert, b 1832; Helen, b 1834; Truman, b Feb. 
3, 1838; Adaline, b 1842; Ezra, b 1845. 

VI. Truman R. Taylor, s of Riley,^ (Benoni,'' Jacob ^), m Jan. 
25, i860, Hannah M. Pingrey. Served in the Civil War, enlisting 
in Co. C, 14th Wis. Inft., Nov. 27, 1863, and was discharged 
Oct. 9, 1865. Was in the battles of Nashville, Tenn., Mobile, 
and Tupela, Miss. Children, Florence, b Nov. 5, i860; Ward, b 
Aug. 24, 1863; Myron, b Sept., 1866; Mildred, b Feb. 14, 1875; 
these are all married and have children; RJioda, b 1878; Fannie, 
h 1880; Clarence, b Jan. 13, 1884. 

VI. Adaline Taylor, dau of Riley ,^ (Benoni,* Jacob ^), m J. M. 
Whitman, and d Oct. 31, 1895. Children, Ella, m Nov. 25, 1895, 
Frank Carpenter, had two children, boy and girl; Hattie, m (i) 
Robbins, had one child, Merton ; m (2) June, 1898, Edward Cossette. 

VI. Ezra Taylor, s of Riley/' (Benoni,* Jacob ^), m Annis 
Melindy, and d Apr., 1876. She died Sept., 1876. One child, 
Clarence, m and wife d. Lives in Cass Lake, Minn. 

VI. Jane Taylor, dau of Riley/ (Benoni,* Jacob"), m Porter 
C. Swift, and d in May, 1876, in Wisconsin. Children, Rosalia, 
b 1852; Delia, b 1856; Elbert, b 1858; Byron, b 1865; Cora, who 
,died. 



70 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

VII. Rosalia Swift, dau of Jane Taylor Swift,** (Riley,* 
Benoni'*), m John Gray. Children, Fred; Grace; Otis; Gertrude; 
Florence. 

VII. Delia Swift, dau of Jane Taylor Swift,** (Riley,^ Benoni *) 
m Hans Poust. Children, Frank; Myron; Fred; Jessie. 

VII. Elbert Swift, s of Jane Taylor Swift,** (Riley,^ Benoni*), 
m Delia Durkee. Children, Hazel; Iva. 

VII. Byron Swift, s of Jane Taylor Swift,' (Riley, ^ Benoni*), 
m Allie Post. One child, May. 

VI. Luman Taylor, s of Riley,' (Benoni,* Jacob''), m (i) Feb. 
24, 1849, I-'Ucy Harmon, who d Jan. 10, 1871; m (2) Feb. 25, 
1872, Lydia A. Wolfe. Children by (i), George, b 1855 in York- 
shire, N.Y., and d in 1859; William B., b Mar. 7, 1857; Cora A. 
Children by (2), Chester L., b June 22, 1875; Gertrude, b Oct. 
23, 1876, m July 19, 1896, Adelbert Phillips; Delos W., b Oct. 8, 
1883. All the children by (2) born at Belmont, Wis. 

VII. William B. Taylor, s of Luman,** (Riley,'' Benoni*), m 
1878, Mary McNair. One child, Floyd, b July, 1883. 

VII. Cora A. Taylor, dau of Luman,** (Riley,^ Benoni*), m 
1886, Solon Ingersoll. Children, Archie, b Apr., 1877; Hazell. 

VII. Chester L. Taylor, s of Luman,** (Riley,* Benoni*), m 
Mar. 12, 1901, Lena Hess. One child, Ferna M., b Jan. 18, 
1902. 

VI. Charles Taylor, s of Riley,* (Benoni,* Jacob ^), m Cynthia 
Harmon, and d Apr. 11, 1898, at Blaine, Wis. Children, Horace, 
b May 28, 1855, m Velma Cobb, and d May 15, 1895; Ernest, b 
Apr. I, 1870; Nellie^ who is dead. 

VI. Albert Taylor, s of Riley,* (Benoni,* Jacob ^), m (i) Apr. 
I, 1854, Maria Day, who d Apr. 14, 1867; m (2) Mar. 22, 1868, 
Hannah Sutherland. He d Oct. 21, 1891. 

Albert Taylor was in the Civil War. Enlisted in the i8th Wis. 
Inft. Was wounded at the battle of Shiloh and discharged. 



DESCENDANTS OF JACOB yi 

Afterwards reenlisted in the 14th Wis. Inft., and was discharged 
Oct. 9, 1865. 

Children by (i), Warren S., b Feb. 4, 1856; Melvin, dead; 
Myron, dead; by (2), Myrtle H., b Apr. 19, 187 1, m Apr. 8, 
1895; Ralph S., b Nov. 10, 1875, m Nov., 1898, Addie Gam- 
say, and d May 4, 1900; Martha J., b May 2, 1878; Rachel M., 
b Apr. 17, 1882, and d Aug. 6, 1902. 

VII. Warren S. Taylor, s of Albert,' (Riley,^ Benoni*), m Feb., 
1880, Ann E. Hawes. Children, Blanche, b June, 1881 ; Lottie, 
h June, 1883; Martin; Robert. 

VI. Helen Taylor, dau of Riley,^ (Benoni,* Jacob ^), m Daniel 
Howes. Children, Ella, m Harvey Tabor; Wallace, m and has 
children; Truman, m and has one child. Ward. 

V. David Taylor, s of Benoni,^ (Jacob,* Ebenezer,'^ John^), m 
(i) Marilla, dau of Silas, date unknown, and d Apr. 7, 1883; 
she d July 18, 1873; "i (2) Mary Fletcher. Children, by 
Marilla, Flora, b Jan. 8, 1841; Jasper, b Mar. 27, 1844; Newton, 
b May 12, 1846; Benoni, b July 31, 1848; Francis, b Aug. 23, 
1850. They lived in Belmont, Wis. 

VI. Flora Taylor, dau of David,^ (Benoni,* Jacob*), m (i) 
May 12, 1861, Joseph Graham, one child, Charley G., b Apr. 2, 
1862, and lives in Junction City, Kan.; m (2) Oct. 8, 1865, 
Samuel Halfhide. Children by (2), William H., b Sept. 28, 
1866; James H., b Jan. 28, 1871 ; Samuel M., b Feb. 2, 1876; John 
O., b Apr. 23, 1882. 

VI. Jasper Taylor, s of David,^ (Benoni,* Jacob*), m about 
Feb., i860, Sarah Policy. Children, George M., b Mar., 1862; 
James C. ; Bertha W. ; Cora; all b about two years apart. 

VI. Newton Taylor, s of David,^ (Benoni,* Jacob*), m Sept. 
27, 1869, Orpha A. Baker. Names and birth dates of children 
not obtainable. 



72 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

VI. Benoni Taylor, s of David,^ (Benoni/ Jacob ^), m Nov. 14, 
1873, Nancy Pike. Names and birth dates of children not 
obtainable. 

VI. Francis Taylor, s of David,^ (Benoni/ Jacob'), m Annie 
Baker. Names and birth dates of children not obtainable. 

Descendants of Ebenezer through Jacob (by 
Ruth White Rood), David, Silas, Jerusha, 
and lucinda 

Children of Jacob and Ruth — David; Silas, b Sept. 11, 1768, 
in Granby; Jerusha; Lucinda, b 1776. 

IV. David Taylor, s of Jacob* (Ebenezer/ John^) and Ruth 
Taylor, m Lorinda Burr, of South Hadley, to whom he was pub- 
lished Nov. 8, 1788. Children, Betsey, b Dec. 22, 1789; Miranda, 
b Dec. 23, 1792; Adolphus, b July 23, 1794; Jacob, b Apr. 19, 
1797; Lorinda, b May 30, 1800; Assenath, b June 10, 1802; 
Esther, b Apr. 16, 1806. 

IV. Silas Taylor, s of Jacob * (Ebenezer,^ John ^) and Ruth 
Taylor, m Apr. i, 1790, Lydia Towne, at South Hadley, "by 
Rev. Joel Hayes, both of Granby." Judd says of this Mr. Hayes, 
that he was a graduate of Yale College in 1773, was settled at 
first as colleague pastor to Rev. John Woodbridge upon a settle- 
ment of ;i^2 75 in hard money, a salary of ;^90 in hard money, and 
his fire wood. He continued to preach in the Congregational 
church in South Hadley for more than 40 years, and died July 
29, 1823, aged 74. Silas Taylor died Apr. 15, 1852, in Rushford, 
N.Y., where he had lived with his oldest son, Ozial. Lydia, his 
wife, b 1770, d Dec. 18, 1833, in Rushford. She belonged to 
the distinguished family of Townes in direct line of descent as 
follows: I. William Towne, of Salem, Mass., in 1640. Born in 
England in 1600. Believed to be son of Richard Towne of 
Braceby, Eng. His wife was Joanna Blessing. Had five or six 
children. Two were executed upon the charge of witchcraft 
(Rebecca and Mary). "Mary was a woman of great strength of 
mind and sweetness of disposition." For a very interesting ac- 
count of the trial and execution of these two remarkable and 




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DESCENDANTS OF JACOB 73 

godly women — Rebecca (Nurse) and Mary (Easty) — see "Sa- 
lem Witchcraft" by Upham. The former was taken to church 
in chains the Sabbath previous to her execution, and there 
publicly excommunicated by her minister. "But (says a writer 
of that day) her life and conversation had been such that the 
remembrance thereof in a short time wiped off all the reproach 
occasioned by the civil and ecclesiastical sentence against her," 
and in 17 12, the church to which she belonged, at Salem Vil- 
lage, reversed its decision by blotting out the record of her 
excommunication. The house in which Rebecca lived at the 
time of her execution in 1692 is still standing at Danver's 
Center (Salem Village), where also upon the original estate a 
beautiful granite monument has been erected to her memory by 
her descendants. Near by is also a granite tablet on which is 
inscribed the names of 40 of her neighbors who testified to her 
innocence and high Christian character. The spot was visited by 
the compiler of this sketch in 1902, who went through the old 
house, which in framework, form, and feature is the same as 
when she was dragged therefrom by superstitious men. The 
monument bears the following inscription : — 

Rebecca Nurse 

Yarmouth, England, 

1621, 

Salem, Mass., 

1692. 

" O Christian martyr who for truth could die 
When all about thee owned the hideous lie! 
The world, redeemed from superstitious sway, 
Is breathing freer for thy sake to-day." 

Accused of witchcraft, she declared, " I am innocent and God will 
clear my memory." 

Once acquitted, yet falsely condemned, she suflfered death July 19, 
1692. 

In loving memory of her Christian character, even then fully 
attested by 40 of her neighbors. 

This Monument Erected 
July 8, 1885. 



74 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

2. Jacob, bapt. Mar. ii, 1632, in Yarmouth, Eng., m Catherine 
Simonds, June 26, 1657. 3. John, b Apr. 2, 1658, at Topsfield, 
Mass., m Mary Smith, Feb. 2, 1680. A prominent man in town 
and church affairs in Topsfield, Framingham, and Oxford. 4. 
Israel, b Nov. 18, 1684, m Susannah Haven, dau of Dea. Moses 
Haven. 5. Elijah, b Feb. 16, 17 19, m 1743, Lydia Locke, of 
Oxford, was captain in the Revolution, also a sergeant in the 
French War. Had a brother Israel, whose son, Salem, became a 
noted preacher and educator, a LL.D., author of "Towne's 
Speller," and "Towne's Analysis." Lived at Granville and 
Aurora, N.Y. 6. Ebenezer, h Sept. 22, 1744, m Azuba Wheelock, 
was in Capt. Alvord's Co., 4th Mass. Regt. in the Revolution, 
and died in 1778. Children, Azuba, who married Edwin Tucker; 
Lydia, b 1770, who married Silas Taylor. Huldah, b 1773, who 
married Elijah Thayer. 

Children of Silas Taylor: Ozial, b May 8, 1792; Justus, b Feb. 
II, 1794; Allen, b Dec. 23, 1795; Clarissa, b May 5, 1798; Rox- 
anna, b July 22, 1801. These were all born in Granby. Roland, 
b 1804, in Ct.; Zebina, b Apr. 29, 1808, in Brookfield, Vt.; Al- 
zina, b Jan., 1810; Marilla; George, b 1818. It is evident from 
these birth dates that Silas Taylor removed from Granby to 
Connecticut, where Roland was born, thence to Vermont, where 
Zebina was born, thence to Wilbraham (probably), where Alzina, 
Marilla, and George were born. The exact dates of these re- 
movals are not known. Judd says Jacob Taylor of Granby 
deeded land to Silas Taylor in 1800. Roland was born in Con- 
necticut, 1804. Again Judd says, Silas Taylor of Brookfield, Vt., 
recovered judgment against Shubael Taylor in 1808. In that 
year Zebina was born in Vermont. Clarissa was married from 
Wilbraham in 181 7, where Silas, presumably, lived several years, 
inasmuch as Roxanna was also married from that town in 1822. 
George was born in 1818. 

The children of Silas were the first of the Taylor family to 
"go west." Allen was the first of the pioneers. A little previous 
to 1820 he started for the "Holland Purchase," a tract of land 
in western New York, which had just been opened for settle- 
ment, "footing it" all the way, where he located a piece of land 
known as lot 40 in the town of Rushford. Shortly after, he re- 



DESCENDANTS OF JACOB 75 

turned to Massachusetts, selling out his interest to a Mr. Hale, 
who built a house on the eastern half of the lot, occupying it, 
however, but a short time. In the spring of 1820, Ozial set out 
upon a similar journey for the same place. He was 28 years of 
age, had but seven or eight dollars in his pocket, made the jour- 
ney likewise on foot, except a few miles when he could "catch 
a ride," and had only 75 cents left upon his arrival, which was 
about enough with which to buy an axe. With this he commenced 
"clearing" on the west half of lot 40, built a log house, living in 
it alone for several years, when Alzina came, who kept house for 
him until she married Bates T. Hapgood in 1826. Zebina came in 
1823, making the journey on foot as others had done, lived with 
Ozial two or three years, then returned to Massachusetts, and 
in Oct., 1828, Allen and Zebina, with their wives, and Riley, made 
the journey, travelling with horses and wagons. Allen took back 
the land left by Mr. Hale, and Zebina located a little farther west. 
Ozial returned to Massachusetts for his father and mother, Silas 
and Lydia, in about the year 1830, with whom they lived until death. 
About the time of Lydia's death in 1833, Roxanna and her hus- 
band, Laartus Fuller, came. These plucky pioneers chopped and 
cleared their lands, exchanging works to get oxen to do their 
logging, making potash, raising young cattle, and thus paid the 
Holland Land Co. in instalments for their homes. Ozial, Allen, 
Zebina, Justus, and George, of Silas' sons, and Benoni, Riley, 
and David, all lived at various times in one neighborhood, which 
came to be, and is still, known as "Taylor Hill." 

V. Ozial Taylor, s of Silas Taylor/ (Jacob,'' Ebenezer,- John '), 
m June 26, 1836, Laura Cowdery, of Woodstock, Vt., in Rush- 
ford, N.Y., d June 30, 1873. She, b Oct. 20, 1805, d in Rush- 
ford, Oct. 9, 1872. Children, Ansel Miner, b Aug. 8, 1837; Al- 
zina, b Oct. 8, 1838, d Dec. 26, 1840; Elvira Sarepta, b Mar. 29, 
1840, d, unmarried, Nov. 16, 1899; Elbert Ozial, b Sept. 19, 
1843; all born in Rushford, N.Y. 

VI. Ansel Miner Taylor, s of Ozial Taylor,'^ (Silas,^ Jacob ^), 
m Oct. I, 1861, Sophia E. Benjamin, of Rushford, grand-dau of 
Levi Benjamin, on the father's side, and of Judge James McCall, 



76 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

on the mother's side, both of whom were pioneers and leading 
men in western New York. The latter was State senator. She 
received her education at Rushford Academy, and Alfred Uni- 
versity, N.Y., and has been prominent in church and W. C. T.U. 
work in Allegany Co. for many years. One child, Frank Lyman, 
b July 6, 1867. 

Ansel Miner retained possession of the old homestead, "cleared 
up" by his father, until 1877, when he sold it and began mer- 
cantile business in the village of Rushford, in which he is still 
engaged. He was educated at the Rushford Academy. His con- 
servatism, good judgment, and consistent christian life have made 
him influential in the business and church affairs of the community. 
He has served as superintendent of the Baptist church Sunday- 
school well nigh continuously for 32 years, and as one of its 
deacons and its clerk for 22 years, which offices he still holds; 
has been president of the Board of Trade since 1890, and a mem- 
ber of the School Board for six years. His business abihty and 
integrity have been sought in the settlement of many estates as 
administrator; he has always been a pronounced opponent of the 
liquor traffic, and was nominated as candidate for member of 
Congress by the Prohibition party in the fall of 1884, receiving 
the full vote of the party. 

Vn. Frank Lyman Taylor, s of Ansel Miner Taylor,^ (Ozial,' 
Silas*), m (i) Sept. 27, 1892, Florence H. Doty, at Olean, N.Y., 
who d Feb. 5, 1900; m (2) July 10, 1901, Alice V. Smith, of Ge- 
neva, N.Y. He graduated from Cook Academy, N.Y.; was 
engaged in the grocery business in Geneva for several years; 
resides now in Rushford, in business with his father. Children by 
(i), Helen M., b Mar. 18, 1894, at Olean, N.Y.; Miner McCall, 
b Feb. 2, 1896, in Geneva, N.Y. 

VI. Elbert Ozial Taylor, s of Ozial Taylor,^ (Silas,* Jacob '), 
m May 17, 1871, EHsabeth A. Winegar, at Kenosha, Wis. She 
graduated from the Kenosha High School; afterwards taught in 
the Chicago city schools; exceptionally efficient as pastor's wife; 
a director and vice-president of the Baptist Home Missionary 
Society of the West, located in Chicago; a woman of great energy 




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DESCENDANTS OF JACOB 7^ 

and devotion. One child, Winifred Laura, b Mar. i8, 1874, in 
Topeka, Kan. 

Elbert Ozial Taylor was a pastor for twenty-five years- He 
received his literary education at Rushford and Belfast Acade- 
mies, N.Y., and at the University of Chicago, graduating from 
the latter in 1868, and from the Baptist Union Theological 
Seminary of Chicago in 187 1. He became student pastor 
of the Baptist church in Richmond, 111., in 1863, at 20 years 
of age, and was ordained in 1866. He has served as pastor, 
the First Baptist Church of Kenosha, Wis., at two different 
periods, the First Church of Topeka, Kan., the First Church 
of Ionia, Mich., and the Belden Ave. Baptist Church of 
Chicago, 111., the latter church being founded by him, his pas- 
torate continuing through a period of nine years in the heart of 
the residence portion of the Lincoln Park district, and under the 
shadow of the great McCormick (Presb.) Theological Seminary. 
This church has since grown to be one of the largest and most 
influential churches of Chicago. During his Topeka pastorate he 
was chosen by the legislature to serve as the chaplain of the House 
through three consecutive terms; founded and edited the Kansas 
Evangel, a state denominational paper, and was president both of 
the Kansas Baptist Sunday School Convention and of the Interde- 
nominational S. S. Convention. He received the degree of A.M. 
from the University of Chicago, and of D.D. from Ewing College, 
111., the latter being conferred at the close of a course of five 
lectures on "Christian Citizenship," delivered in connection with 
convocation exercises. At the close of his Chicago pastorate in 
1886, so effectively had he fought rum rule in Chicago, that he 
was nominated as a candidate for the legislature of Illinois by the 
Prohibition party, endorsed by leading men of the RepubHcan 
party, and polled the largest temperance vote ever cast in that 
district up to that time. Growing out of that campaign, and 
continuing to the present, he has been in demand as a lecturer 
in almost every state and territory in the Union, dealing mostly 
with the scientific phase of the temperance question. He is rec- 
ognized as an authority touching the settled facts of science on 
the nature and physiological effects of alcohol, and is the author 
of a text-book entitled, "Short Studies in Scientific Temperance," 



78 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

which has passed through its third edition, — a work designed 
to be supplementary to the teaching of Physiology and Hygiene 
in the public schools. He has been special lecturer on "Scientific 
Temperance" to the University of Chicago and several other 
leading colleges and universities in the United States and in 
Canada, and bears the honor of having been the first Gentile 
ever invited to address a distinctively Mormon audience in the 
great Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, the invitation coming from 
President Woodruff, when he spoke on the subject of temperance 
to an audience numbering 10,000 people. He was chosen by 
each of the five provincial W. C. T. Unions of Canada to open 
for them the great plebiscite prohibition campaign of 1897, speak- 
ing to immense audiences in all the great cities of that country. 
He is also widely recognized as a champion of scientific temper- 
ance instruction in the public schools, and is often called upon to 
address conventions of teachers upon that subject. He resides 
in Boston, Mass. 

VII. Winifred Laura Taylor, dau of Elbert Ozial Taylor,^ 

(Ozial,* Silas ''), m Sept. 12, 1899, in Oak Park, 111., Edward G. 
Adams, of Boston, Mass., well known in business and musical 
circles. One child, Dorothy Quincy, b Aug. 14, 1902. Mrs. 
Adams is a graduate of the High School in Lake Geneva, Wis., 
and of the School of Expression of Boston, Mass., and resides in 
that city. 

V. Justus Taylor, s of Silas Taylor/ ( Jacob, ^ Ebenezer,^ John '), 
m May 8, 1833, Mrs. Polly Wright, and b Dec. 13, 1868, in 
Yorkshire, N.Y. He lived at different times in Rushford. Chil- 
dren, Lydia Ann, b Aug. 14, 1834, in Rushford; Cordelia, b May 
8, 1838; Susan, b July 20, 1840, d May 2, 1856, on "Taylor 
Hill," Rushford. 

VI. Lydia Ann Taylor, dau of Justus Taylor,'^ (Silas,* Jacob ^), 
m Jan. 12, i860, Wyman Bull, of Yorkshire, b July 29, 1896, in 
Portageville, N.Y. Children, Willie, b July 3, i86t; Alice, b 
Dec. 14, 1863; Elbert, b May 9, 1869; Ethel, b Feb. 6, 1877; all 
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DESCENDANTS OF JACOB 79 

VII. Willie Bull, s of Lydia Ann Taylor Bull,'' (Justus;^ Silas *), 
m Oct. 12, 1881, Annie Shelley. Live in Delevan, N.Y. Chil- 
dren, Alta Maud, b Sept. 29, 1882, d Apr. 15, 1883; Grace M., b 
June 28, 1885; Glenn W., b Feb. 9, 1888; Hatlie Mae, b July 
2, 1890; Howard E., b July 25, 1893; Eva Ethyl, b Mar. 18, 
1896; Gladys Lydia, b Jan. 31, 1898. 

VII. Alice Bull, dau of Lydia Ann Taylor Bull,** (Justus,'* 
Silas *), m Mar. 4, 1883, Benjamin Summers, of Yorkshire. Lives 
in Portville, N.Y. One child, Floyd, b Aug. 17, 1887. 

VII. Elbert Bull, s of Lydia Ann Taylor Bull,*' (Justus,' Silas '), 
m Sept. 25, 1889, LiUian Causebrook, in Lyndonville, N.Y. Lives 
in Portageville, N.Y. Children, Leo W., b Oct. 30, 1897; Mil- 
dred L., b Jan. 4, 1898; M. Blanch, b Oct. 25, 1901. 

VII. Ethyl Bull, dau of Lydia Ann Taylor Bull,^ (Justus,** 
Silas*), m Feb. 25, 1903, Harry L. Freer, at Portageville, N.Y. 
Lives in Canton, Ohio. 

VI. Cordelia Taylor, dau of Justus Taylor,'^ (Silas*), m Nov. 
18, 1856, Wilham Hutchins, of Yorkshire, N.Y., d May 25, 1858. 
One child, Ida, w^ho married Elisha Bull. They also have one 
child and live in Sardinia, N.Y. 

V. Allen Taylor, s of Silas Taylor,* (Jacob,' Ebenezer,'^ John *), 
m Mar. 31, 1824, Theresa Chapin, d Sept. 12, 1865, in Rush- 
ford. She d May 12, 1881. Theresa belonged to that distin- 
guished family of Chapins which figured largely in the early 
history of Springfield and Granby, Mass. Children, Emeline, b 
Jan. 25, 1825, d Mar. 11, 1891, unmarried; Plin Allen, b Aug. 
17, 1834; Roland Lyman, b Jan. 20, 1838. 

VI. Plin Allen Taylor, s of Allen Taylor,' (Silas,* Jacob =*), m 
Jan. 26, 1870, Agnes George, in Rushford. Children, Roy A.,h 
Jan. 30, 1872; Grace C., b Sept. 12, 1873; Earl G., b Jan. 4, 1880: 
graduated from the Rushford High School, also from Rochester 
Business Institute, and is employed in the Buffalo, Rochester 
& Pittsburg R.R. Office at Rochester, N.Y. Plin Allen was born 



8o HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

and has always lived on the original homestead located by his 
father in Rushford in about 1818, now known as "Hill Crest 
Farm." He is one of the most highly respected citizens of Rush- 
ford; served as a soldier in the Civil War, in the Army of the 
Shenandoah, under Phil. Sheridan, enlisting Sept. 6, 1864, in 
Capt. Wheeler Hakes' Co. E, ist N.Y. Dragoons, and was mus- 
tered out June 30, 1865. 

VII. Roy A. Taylor, s of Plin Allen Taylor,^ (Allen,'' Silas "), 
m Dec. 24, 1896, Grace Claus, and lives in Rushford on "Hill 
Crest Farm" with his father. Children, Zella T., b Oct. 3, 
1898; Allan C, b Mar. 11, 1901. 

VII. Grace C. Taylor, dau of Plin Allen Taylor,** (Allen,' Silas *), 
m Oct. 10, 1900, Tracey White Brooks, of New Berlin, N.Y. 
Mrs. Brooks is a graduate from the State Normal School at Gen- 
eseo, N.Y. They live at New Berlin. 

VI. Roland L. Taylor, s of Allen Taylor,^ (Silas,-* Jacob =*), m 
Jan. 25, 1866, Marion Jackson, d June 7, 1901, in Rushford. 
Children, Eddie R., b May 10, 1875; ^'ar/ P., b Jan. 3, 1884. 
Widow resides in Rushford. 

V. Clarissa H. Taylor, dau of Silas Taylor,^ (Jacob,' Ebe- 
nezer,^ John ^), m Sept. 25, 1817, Arnold Thayer, of Leicester, 
Mass. The marriage was solemnized by Rev. Moses Warren, in 
Wilbraham, Mass. (Town record of Wilbraham.) One child, 
Nelson. "Soon after he was born the mother died of consump- 
tion brought on by childbirth, and Nelson was taken into the 
Thayer family and died soon after." (Testimony of Charlotte 
Thayer Riley, Rochdale, Mass., a sister of Arnold Thayer, and 
present when Clarissa died.) Arnold Thayer married (2) Lucinda 
Filley, had six children, and died Jan. 2, 1866, aged 74. His 
father was Elijah Thayer, who married Huldah Towne. This 
Huldah was sister to Lydia Towne who married Silas Taylor. 

V. Roxanna Taylor, dau of Silas Taylor,* (Jacob ^) m Jan. 20, 
1822, Laartus Fuller, "both of Wilbraham, Mass. Joined in mar- 
riage by Rev. Ebenezer Brown." (Town record of Wilbraham.) 



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Lived also in South Hadley, St. Johnsbury, Vt., Rushford, N.Y., 
and Millport, Pa. She d Oct. 27, 1873, in Millport. He d Feb. 
28, 1882, in Mt. Morris, N.Y. He was known as an expert stone- 
mason. Children, Frank, b Mar. 9, 1826, probably in Wilbra- 
ham; Emily, b Nov. 17, 1829, in South Hadley. 

VI. Frank Fuller, s of Roxanna Taylor Fuller/ (Silas,* Jacob ^), 
m Adeline Barnes, Sept. 14, 1853, Millport, Pa., d Oct. 21, 1875. 
She is living in Manistique, Mich. Children, Emily A.,h Mar. 
9, 1855; Ella S., b Dec. 8, 1857; Nettie R., b Jan. 9, i860; Altie 
G.,h July 23, 1862; Georgia M.,h May 12, 1865; Ida L., b May 
31, 1868; Edith A.,h Feb. 19, 1872; Frank B.,h Oct. 9, 1875, d 
June 7, 1881, born and died in Manistique, Mich. All the others 
born in Millport, Pa., and are now living in Manistique, Mich. 
Frank Fuller was in the Civil War, Co. E, 45th Regt. Penn. 
Vols. 

VII. Emily A. Fuller, dau of Frank Fuller,*^ (Roxanna,'^ Silas *) 
m Aug. 8, 1875, Amos L. Hill, has three children. Ella S., m 
Erastus T. Orr, Feb. 20, 1881, has five children. Altie G., m 
Catherine McLellan, Aug. 5, 1895, has two children. Georgia 
M., m George Maclaurin, Sept. 26, 1883, has six children. Ida 
L., m Archibald Maclaurin, June 24, 1891. 

VI . Emily Fuller, dau of Roxanna Taylor Fuller, '' (Silas,* 
Jacob ^), m Mar. 29, 1853, Milton Woods, lived in Rushford, 
N.Y., and d Dec. 30, 1894. He died Apr. 15, 1903, at 72 years 
of age. Milton Woods had a phenomenal tenor voice, which he 
retained in its fulness and sweetness until the last; was a music 
teacher in the days of the old-time "singing-school " ; was promi- 
nently identified with all the musical interests of the town from 
his boyhood, being closely associated, also, with Dr. H. R. Palmer, 
the great music composer, publisher, and convention leader, 
when the latter began his career in Rushford, where they were 
boys together. He was greatly beloved. 

Children, D. Will, b July 25, 1857; Fred F., b Feb. 15, 1859 
d June 22, 1877; Elbert L., b Dec. 29, 1867; Newman M., b 
Sept. 15, 1872. 



82 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

VII. D. Will Woods, s of Emily Fuller Woods/ (Roxanna,* 
Silas*), m June 27, 1878, Ida White, and lives in Rushford, N.Y. 
Children, Fred K., b Feb. 24, 1880; Robert B., b Aug. 29, 1882; 
M arena, b Aug. 2, 1888; Harlan, b Apr. 2, 1895. 

VII. Elbert L. Woods, s of Emily j*^ (Roxanna,^ Silas*), m 
Mar. 19, 1891, Lizzie Myres. Lives in Rushford, N.Y. One 
child, Leland M., b Oct., 1893. 

VII. Newman M. Woods, s of Emily,*' (Roxanna,' Silas*), 
m Mar. 21, 1894, Minnie Sarsfield, and lives in Rushford, N.Y. 
Children, Herman E., b June 28, 1895; Waller H., b Mar. 15, 
1897. 

V. Roland Taylor, s of Silas Taylor,* (Jacob,* Ebenezer,' 
John'), m (i) Pamelia Colton, in Massachusetts. Removed to 
Monson, Me., where she d May 8, 1856; m (2) Mrs. Folsom, 
^ho died about 1868; m (3) Mrs. Lucy Morton. He died July 
12, 1880. He was an early settler of Monson, of sound judgment, 
judicial mind, strict integrity, and did much in moulding the 
civic and religious character of the town. Children by (i), 
Frank, b 1827; Jane, m Dr. Wilham McCall, of Rushford, N.Y., 
Mar. 26, 1865, d without children; Emeline C, b 1832; Louisa 
W., b 1833, d Nov. 15, 1859, unmarried; John Colton, b Nov. 16, 
1835- 

VI. Frank Taylor, s of Roland Taylor,'^ (Silas,* Jacob*), m 
June 14, 1866, Addie Kingsbury. Went to California during the 
"gold fever" in 185 1, and to Ft. Scott, Kan,, in 1870, where he 
died in 187 1. His widow married W. A. Ball and is now living 
in Ft. Scott. Children, Clara, b 1867; Alice, b 1869; Helen, b 
1870, d 1870, aged 6 months and 18 days. 

VII. Clara Taylor, dau of Frank Taylor,^ (Roland,'^ Silas*), 
m Nov. 25, 1885, Gerard J. Asch, and lives in Ft. Scott, Kan. 
Children, Clara Edith, b Aug. 6, 1887; Addie Agnes, b Jan. 13, 
1895; Gerard Francis, b Oct. 14, 1896; Charles Edward, b Mar. 
3, 1899; Lillian, b July 26, 1901, died soon after birth. 

VII. Alice Taylor, dau of Frank Taylor,^ (Roland,'^ Silas*), 
m June i, 1886, Theodore M. Nutz, and Hves in JopHn, Mo. 



DESCENDANTS OF JACOB g^ 

Children, Theodore, b Feb. 26, 1888, d Aug. 29, 1888; Alice Maud, 
b Mar. 15, 1891; Ralph, b Apr. 6, 1894; Frank James, b Mar. 
24, 1897. 

VI. Emeline C. Taylor, dau of Roland Taylor,'^ (Silas," Jacob ^), 
m i860, Dr. Sumner A. Patten, of Monson, Me., d 1877. One 
child, Roland Taylor, b Oct. 29, 1864. 

VII. Roland Taylor Patten, s of Emeline C. Taylor Patten,'' 

(Roland,' Silas"), m Apr. 15, 1896, Lois A. Weston, and lives at 
Skowhegan, Me. Druggist, treasurer of Somerset Co., Me., for 
ten years, also treasurer of the town of Skowhegan several years. 
Children, Eunice F., b July 5, 1898; Margaret G., b Apr. 4, 1903. 

VI. John Colton Taylor, s of Roland Taylor,' (Silas," Jacob =*), 
m 1856, Laura A. Smith, and has lived in Williamsport, Pa., 
since 1855. Lumberman. In later years an expert locator of 
timber lands. Enlisted as a private in Capt. James H. Dove's 
Co. C, I St Battahon, three-months Cavalry of Pa. Was enrolled 
June 27, 1863, and the company was discharged Aug. 21, 1863, 
by order of Gov. Andrew G. Curtin. The special occa- 
sion for the enlistment of these volunteers was the approach 
of Gen. Robert E. Lee's army at the time of the Gettysburg 
raid. The troops rode their own horses from Williamsport, ar- 
riving on the battleground of Gettysburg just in time to witness 
the closing scenes of that terrible conflict. Children, H. Colton, 
b July 21, 1857; Edward Leon, b Apr. 19, 1870; Harriet L., b 
Jan. 17, i860; Caroline, b June 7, 1866; Roland, b Sept. 5, 1876, 
d Aug, 21, 1893; Marguerite F., b July 23, 1879. Other children 
died in infancy. Harriet L. and Marguerite F. are graduates of 
the Williamsport High School. 

VII. H. Colton Taylor, s of John C. Taylor,' (Roland,' Silas "), 
m 1882, Elisabeth Meyers, and hves in Williamsport, Pa. Gro- 
cer. One child, Elisabeth L., b Nov. 7, 1883. 

VII. Edward Leon Taylor, s of John C. Taylor," (Roland,' 
Silas "), m 1897, Sarah M. Pratt, and Hves in WiHiamsport, Pa. 
One child, Ruth, b Sept. 4, 1898. Wife died May 28, 1902. 



84 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

Edward Leon Taylor is city treasurer of Williamsport, now 
serving his second term. He enlisted in Co. G, 12th Regt., N. 
G. P., June 21, 1888, elected second lieutenant Mar. 25, 1892; 
was on active duty at the great strike at Homestead, July, 1892, 
and at the coal strike in 1897 in the Hazleton district. 

Volunteered for the service of the United States at the out- 
break of the war with Spain on Apr. 28, 1898, while holding the 
rank of second lieutenant in the N. G. P., mustered into U. S. 
service May 5, 1898, with the rank of captain; commanded Co. 
G, 12th Regt. Inft., U.S.V., during continuance of war; mustered 
out with company Nov. 29, 1898. 

V. Zebina Taylor, s of Silas/ (Jacob,^ Ebenezer,^ John ^), m 
Aug. 7, 1828, Mehntha Taylor, dau of Benoni Taylor, and d 
June 22, 1878, in Rushford, where he had hved during all his 
married life. She d May 8, 1887. Children, Philo, b Mar, 
29, 1829; Silas, b Sept. 7, 1831, m Dorothy Fuller, d Feb. 14, 
1867, without children; Lydia Maria, b Aug. 27, 1834; Martin, 
b Apr. 15, 1837; Edwin, b Nov. 25, 1839. 

VI. Philo Taylor, s of Zebina Taylor,'^ (Silas,'' Jacob ^), m 
Sept. 20, 1857, I\Iary Jane Vaughn, and lives in Rushford, N.Y. 
Children, first child, d in infancy; Jennie M., b Apr. 15, i860; 
Lizzie B., b Sept. 9, 1862; Dell L., b Apr. 3, 1865; Clara M., b 
May 3, 1868, m Apr. 13, 1887, Leonard J. Palmer, d Apr. 16, 
1896, without children; Floy T., b Jan. 10, 1872; Rena, b Feb. 
27, 1876; 6". Archie, b Sept. 8, 1879. 

Vn. Jennie M. Taylor, dau of Philo Taylor ,'' (Zebina,'' Silas *), 
m Feb. 20, 1889, Charles Moot, and Hves in Belfast, N.Y. Chil- 
dren, Allen, b July 25, 1890; Raymond, b Oct. 26, 1897. 

VII. Lizzie B. Taylor, dau of Philo Taylor,^ (Zebina,'^ Silas*), 
m Jan. 2, 1881, O. L. Miller, and lives at North Cuba, N.Y., 
Children, Leslie, b Dec. 3, 1883; Daisy, h Dec. 7, 1885; Pearl; 
b Sept. 20, 1887; Ruth, b Oct. 10, 1889; Mabel, b Mar. 14, 1895, 
Carlos Edward, b May 8, 1903. 

VII. Floy T. Taylor, dau of Philo Taylor," (Zebina,'^ Silas *), 
m (i) Apr. 16, 1891, Albert Kellogg, who d Nov. 10, 1897; m 




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DESCENDANTS OF JACOB 85 

(2) June 20, 1900, Frank Lane. Children by (i), Hazel C, b 
Feb. 14, 1892; Stacia M., b Aug. 23, 1893; Victor T., b Mar. 
31, 1895; Barton A.,h Mar. 25, 1897. 

VI. Lydia Maria Taylor, dau of Zebina Taylor,^ (Silas,* 
Jacob ^), m Apr. 17, i860, Marshall Nye, and d Oct. 9, 1870. 
One child, Myrtle Emily, b Mar. 12, 1861, unmarried. She 
graduated from the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Indus- 
trial Art of Philadelphia in 1891; teacher of Drawing and Model- 
ing in the Manual Training and High School, Camden, N.J. 

VI. Martin Taylor, s of Zebina Taylor,' (Silas,^ Jacob ^), m 
(i) Oct. 9, 1865, Ruth Jewel, who died June 18, 1877; m (2) 
Feb. 25, 1880, Mrs. Mary A. Persons, widow of Frank Persons, 
and lives in Delevan, N.Y. Children by (i), Carl, b Nov. 14, 
1867, d Nov. 24, 1868; Clarence, b Oct. 4, 1869; Silas R., b 
May 8, 1877, d Aug. 10, 1877. 

VII. Clarence Taylor, s of Martin Taylor,^ (Zebina,^ Silas*), 
m Sept. 18, 1890, Mary C. Markham, and lives in Yorkshire, 
N.Y. Children, Ruth, b May 23, 1891, d Jan. 31, 1894; Myrtle 
E., b Aug. I, 1892; Hazel M., b Nov. 12, 1894; Carl A., b Dec. 
18, 1896; Mildred E., b Oct. 3, 1898; Silas C, b Feb. 4, 1900; 
Marie Irene, b Feb. 21, 1903. 

VI. Edwin Hapgood Taylor, s of Zebina Taylor,"* (Silas,* 
Jacob ^), m Nov. 3, 1867, Cordelia Lafferty, and lives in 
Rushford, N.Y. Children, Verner, b Feb. 6, 1870; Elmer S., 
b Apr. 12, 1872; Edna L., b July 25, 1875; ^^^^ ^-i b Nov. 11, 
1876, d June 14, 1894; Elvie C, b Aug. 7, 1878, graduated from 
the N. Y. State Normal School at Geneseo, June 26, 1900; Erwin 
F., b July 3, 1880; Eric L., b Oct. 16, 1892, d Mar. 17, 1893. 

VII. Verner Taylor, s of Edwin Taylor,*^ (Zebina,^ Silas *), m 
Dec. 24, 1889, Jennie E. Thomas, who died July 3, 1901. Chil- 
dren, Mildred (adopted); Jennie O., b June 29, 1901. Lives in 
Rushford, N.Y. 

VII. Edna L. Taylor, dau of Edwin Taylor," (Zebina,^ Silas *), 
m Feb. 25, 1897, Jonathan E. Haynes, and hves in Rushford, 
N.Y. Children, Enid L., b Feb. 6, 1898; Leon E., b Jan. 27, 
1901; Audrey E., b Aug. 14, 1902. 



86 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

V. Alzina Taylor, dau of Silas Taylor/ (Jacob/ Ebenezer/ 
John^), m Jan. 25, 1826, Bates Turner Hapgood, in Massachu- 
setts. Lived in Rushford, N.Y., where she d Jan. 5, 1879. He 
d July 21, 1867. Children, Lucia Cornelia, b Mar. 27, 1831; 
Edwin, b 1837, d Dec. 26, 1846. Mrs. Hapgood was a rarely 
gifted and dignified woman. Deacon Hapgood was among the 
pioneers of western New York, and one of the first and most 
successful dry-goods merchants in the village of Rushford. No 
man in all its history did more for its social, business, and spir- 
itual welfare than did he. His judgment in civic, political, and 
church affairs was regarded as almost equal to law. He was 
the president of the first board of academy trustees, and held 
other town offices and served as deacon in the Baptist church 
from an early period in its history until the time of his death. 
He was a broadly educated and — what is better — a thoroughly 
good man. 

VI. Lucia Cornelia Hapgood, dau of Alzina Taylor Hapgood,* 
(Silas,* Jacob '), m Sept. 25, 1852, Orrin Thrall Higgins, of Rush- 
ford, N.Y., and d Sept. 15, 1868. He d Mar. 3, 1890. Chil- 
dren, Clara Alzina Hapgood, b Sept. 6, 1854; Frank Wayland, 
b Aug. 18, 1856, both b in Rushford. Mrs. Higgins was educated 
at Phipps Union, Albion, N.Y., from which she graduated, and 
was a woman of great brilliancy and rare culture of mind. Orrin 
T. Higgins was for many years a prominent and successful busi- 
ness man. He was a son of the late Dr. Timothy Higgins, a 
descendant of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower, and other pil- 
grims. Mr. Higgins was successor to Deacon Hapgood in busi- 
ness, and acquired large interests in timber lands in the West, 
and later in life in iron lands. At the time of his death he was 
said to be among the largest pine-land owners in the United 
States. 

VH. Clara Alzina Hapgood Higgins, dau of Lucia Hapgood 
Higgins,'^ (Alzina,* Silas*), m Oct. 17, 1877, Frank Sullivan Smith, 
of New York City, a graduate of Yale College, holding the de- 
grees of A.B. and LL.D., and a well-known lawyer throughout 
the State of New York. They have a summer home, "Sunny- 
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DESCENDANTS OF JACOB 87 

Mrs. Smith received her education largely abroad. A woman 
of keen perception, broad views, and philanthropic impulses. In- 
heriting wealth, she has the mind to use it in strengthening, 
broadening, and upHfting mankind; has been actively connected 
with the New York State Charities Aid Association for more 
than eighteen years, and for a longer or shorter period with other 
charitable as well as social and musical organizations; has borne 
a large part in securing charity legislation, especially for the in- 
sane and for dependent children. Some years since, jointly with 
her brother, erected a memorial to her father on the Chautauqua 
Assembly Grounds, N.Y., known as "The Higgins' Memorial," 
and, more recently, she has given a library building to Angehca, 
N.Y., in memory of her mother, and "for the pleasure and ad- 
vancement of the people" in the town and its vicinity. With 
these exceptions, her work has been done in a quiet way on the 
principle of not letting the right hand know what the left has 
done. 

" To the duty nearest thee, 
Ask not what the end may be " 

has been the motto of her life. Without children of her own, she 
has taken deep interest in the children of others. The boys and 
girls whom she has educated, and others whom she is now edu- 
cating, will some day gratefully tell the story of her life more 
completely than it can be described herein. 

VII. Frank Wayland Higgins, s of Lucia Hapgood Higgins/ 

(Alzina,^ Silas ^), m June 5, 1878, Katherine Corinne Nobles. 
Resides in Olean, N.Y. Children, Orrin Thrall, b May 14, 1879, 
in Rushford, m Apr. 16, 1902, Elisabeth Fogg; Josephine Bell, 
b Nov. 2, 1883, in Olean; Frank Harrison, b July 5, 1886, in 
Olean. 

Mr. Higgins is Lieutenant-Governor of the State of New York. 
His business and pubhc career have been remarkable from the 
start. He received his education at the Rushford Academy and 
at the Review Mihtary Academy at Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He began 
business life for himself at the early age of nineteen, and by his 
quick perception and energy, balanced by caution, conservatism, 
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88 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

large property interests in the Middle West and on the Pacific 
Coast, including timber-land properties. He has always been ac- 
tively identified with public interests, and ever ready with sub- 
stantial aid to serve the public welfare. He has been for years 
a trustee of the Western New York Home for Friendless and 
Dependent Children, a trustee of the Chautauqua Assembly and 
connected with various other benevolent and charitable enter- 
prises in western New York. In politics Mr. Higgins has always 
been a Repubhcan, but has never sought political preferment, 
and not until 1893 could he be induced to give his consent to 
be a candidate for any public office, when he was unanimously 
nominated for State Senator of the Fiftieth District and was 
elected by a large vote over his opponent. He was reelected for 
three successive terms by increased plurahties in the elections of 
1896, 1898, and 1900. During his senatorial career he was par- 
ticularly efficient as a financier in behalf of the State, serving on 
Finance, Taxation and Retrenchment, Insurance, and other impor- 
tant committees; and for seven successive years was chairman of 
the Finance Committee, which was a longer period of chairman- 
ship on that committee than that of any other man. 

Important changes in the financial methods of the State were 
secured by various bills which he prepared and introduced and 
which became law. 

He was a delegate to the National Repubhcan Convention at 
Chicago in 1888, and as the Repubhcan candidate for Lieuten- 
ant-Governor of New York in 1902 was elected to that office by 
a vote of 663,689, which was a majority of 10,000 over his oppo- 
nent in that hotly and closely contested election. Lieutenant- 
Governor Higgins is a broad-minded, intelhgent, and incorruptible 
public officer. 

V. Marilla Taylor, dau of Silas,* (Jacob,^ Ebenezer,^ John^), 
m David Taylor, s of Benoni. Lived many years in Yorkshire, 
N.Y., thence removed to Waupaca Co., Wis., where she died 
July 18, 1873. Children are recorded in the Benoni line. 

V. George Taylor, s of Silas,* (Jacob,^ Ebenezer,^ John^), m 
Jane Rood, of Farmers ville, N.Y., hved in Rushford and died in 
1855. One child, Minerva, b 1850, d 1890. 




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DESCENDANTS OF JACOB 89 

IV. Jerusha Taylor, dau of Jacob ^ (Ebenezer,^ John^) and 
Ruth, m Ludric Tilley, of Granby, where they hved and died. 
Jerusha d Feb. 7, 1840. He d Feb. 23, 1826. Children, Orrin; 
Porter; George; Leonard; Lucinda; Lodensy, b Oct. 12, 1793; 
Ruth; Sally. Order of birth not known. 

V. George Tilley, s of Jerusha Taylor Tilley,* (Jacob,^ Eben- 
ezer,''^ John^), m Hannah Sheldon of Ludlow, Mass. Both 
lived and died in Granby. Children, James; Norris; John, 
b Feb. 13, 1834; Mariah; Lagene; Benjamin; Hiram; Clarence; 
all born in Granby, and all living except James and Benjamin. 

VI. John Tilley, s of George Tilley,^ (Jerusha Taylor Tilley," 
Jacob ^), m Nov. 27, i860, Mary A. Preston of Granby. Chil- 
dren, Clifton F., b in Granby, Oct. 2, 1861, m June 12, 1895, 
Helen F. Davis, of Holyoke, Mass.; Trenor P., b in So. Hadley, 
Dec 8, 1875, m Sept. 4, 1901, Harriet L. Snow, of Holyoke- 
All the above live in Holyoke. 

John Tilley has been an esteemed citizen and successful busi- 
ness man wherever he has lived. While a resident of Granby, 
he held the office of selectman and assessor for a number of 
years. In 1882, he was chosen to represent his district in the 
legislature. He is now president of the People's Savings Bank 
of Holyoke. He was a soldier in the Civil War, serving one 
year in the 5 2d Mass. Vol. Inft., in the same regiment with 
Sylvester H. Taylor. 

V. Lodensy Tilley, dau of Jerusha Taylor Tilley/ (Jacob,^ 
Ebenezer," John'), m 1814, Oliver Butterfield of Chesterfield, 
Mass., where their two eldest children were born, thence removed 
to Rushford, N.Y., where all the other children were born. 
From Rushford they removed to Friendship, N.Y., in about 
1838, and from thence about 1853 to Lake Mills, Wis., where 
he died in 1854. Children, Lucinda, b 1815, d 1825; Lo- 
densy, b 1817; Electa, b 1819, m Luman Hendricks, and d in 
1900; Jerusha, b 1821, m Simon Vreeland, lived in Friendship, 
N.Y., and d 1894; Louisa, b 1824, m in 1845, Lewis Vreeland, 
bro of Simon, and is still living in Friendship; Lucina, b 1826, 



90 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

m Edwin Clapp, and d 1854; Minerva C, b July 14, 1834, in 
Rushford, N.Y. 

VI. Lodensy Butterfield, dau of Lodensy Tilley,"^ (Jerusha/ 
Jacob ^), m David Scott. Lived at Cuba, N.Y., afterwards Lake 
Mills, Wis., and d in 1870. Children, Edwin, b 1838, m Lola 
Stebbins; Cora L., b 1840, m William Richmond; Emma, b 1846. 

VII. Emma Butterfield, dau of Lodensy Butterfield/ (Lodensy 
Tilley,^ Jerusha*, Jacob ^), m 1867, Eugene Hammond, and d 
June 2, 1897. Lived in Cuba, N.Y. Children, Victor, b 1868; 
Virgil, b 1870, d 1890; Eugenia L., b 1872; C. Nelson, b 1874; 
Florizel, b 1876; Halley W., b 1882; Evangeline, b 1887. 

VI. Minerva C. Butterfield, dau of Lodensy Tilley,' (Jerusha,* 
Jacob =*), m (i) May, 1855, Frank Phillips, of Lake Mills, Wis. 
One child by (i), Cora F., b Sept. 20, 1856, at Lake Mills, and 
m Jan. 7, 1880, George B. Ferry, of Springfield, Mass., now 
living in Milwaukee, Wis.; m (2), Apr. 19, 1864, Charles Hall, 
Oshkosh, Wis. Children by (2), Trenor Park, b June 26, 1865, 
in Oshkosh, and d in North Bennington, Vt., Apr. 24, 1870; 
Mary D., b Dec. 31, 1871, in Chicago, III, and m Oct. 5, 1892, 
James E. Raynor, of Springfield, Mass.; Charles H., b Aug. 12, 
1874, in Springfield, and m June 12, 1901, Grace Nickols, of 
Springfield. 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hall are now living in Springfield, Mass., 
he being engaged in an extensive wholesale and retail business. 

Minerva Butterfield Hall's father, Oliver Butterfield, had three 
sisters: Eliza, who married "Uncle" John Hammond, on "Taylor 
Hill"; Clarissa, who married Solomon Chamberlain; and Electa, 
who married Charles Swift, all of Rushford. 

IV. Lucinda Taylor, dau of Jacob ^ (Ebenezer,^ John^) and 
Ruth, m David Cooke, of South Hadley, d Dec. 14, 1842. He, b 
1772, d June 21, 1 83 1. He was a lineal descendant of Aaron 
and Moses Cooke, who figured largely in the first affairs of 
Hadley and Granby. Children, Pamelia; Sylvester; Ruth, b 
Apr. 6, 1802; Shuhael, b Oct. 23, 1803; Lucinda, b Sept. 9, 1805, 
d June 30, 1878; David Smith, b Sept. 24, 1808; Emily; Albert, d 
June 30, 1852; Frederick; Edwin; Austin. 



DESCENDANTS OF EBENEZER, JR. gj 

V. Shubael Cooke, s of Lucinda Taylor Cooke/ (Jacob^ 
Ebenezer,- John'), m Parthenia Collins, and d Feb., 1881, in 
South Hadley, where his widow still lives, over 90 years of age. 
Children, Harriet Parthenia, who married Barnes; Edward Aus- 
tin; Julia. Further record sohcited. 

V. David Smith Cooke, s of Lucinda Taylor Cooke,* (Jacob ^), 
m May 31, 1836, Sarah, dau of Willard N. Taylor of Granby, d 
Sept. 12, 1872. For record of children see Sarah Taylor below. 

Descendants of Ebenezer through Ebenezer, 
Jr., Levi, and Willard N. 

III. Ebenezer Taylor, Jr., s of Ebenezer Taylor,^ (John'), m 

Experience (no record of full name). She was b 1734, d 

Jan. 8, 1805. He d Jan. 3, 1809. He has a good record in the 
Indian and Revolutionary Wars, and was known as a "great 
Indian fighter." Appears seven times in the Archive Records of 
Massachusetts. First, on the muster roll dated Boston, Apr. 8, 
1748, for service at Fort Mass. Second, on the muster roll dated 
Hadley, Dec. i, 1758. Marched from South Hadley for the 
rehef of Fort WiUiam Henry in Aug., 1757, distance of 180 miles. 
Third, on a return of men enhsted by Capt. Elijah Smith for 
his Majesty's service on the intended expedition against Canada 
in 1759. Reported: agreed to furnish himself with arms. Fourth, 
on a muster roll dated Boston, Feb. 8, 1760, Capt. Elijah Smith's 
Co., in the expedition to Crown Point. Fifth, on the Lexington 
alarm roll, Capt. John Cowle's Co., Col. Woodbridge's Regt. 
Marched Apr. 20, 1775, ^^om Granby. Sixth, called out to 
reenforce the Northern Army, Aug. 17, 1777, Samuel Cooke's 
Co., Col. Woodbridge's Regt., under Gen. Gates, which took a 
more or less active part in the battles of Sept. 19 and Oct. 7, 
and which was present at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne, Oct. 
i7> i777- (Hist. Ct. Val., p 240). Seventh, on muster and pay 
roll of Capt. Joshua Woodbridge's Co., Col. Nathan Tyler's 
Regt., enlisting June 25, 1779, for service in Rhode Island. 

Children of Ebenezer Taylor, Jr., Levi, b 1764; three earlier 
children, names unknown. 



Q2 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

IV. Levi Taylor, s of Ebenezer Taylor, Jr.,^ (Ebenezer,^ John ^), 
m Sarah Smith, b 1766, d July 28, 1844- He d June i, 1832. 
He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, entering the army 
at the age of sixteen. In the Archives of the Mass. State House, 
Levi appears in a descriptive list of enHsted men: Age 16 years, 
stature 5 feet, residence Granby. EnHsted July 12, 1780. Term 
3 months, Capt. Barton's Co., Col. Porter's 4th Hampshire Co. 

Regt. 

Levi Taylor was at West Point, and while there witnessed 
Arnold's flight down the river to the British man-of-war Vulcan. 
His descendants now living remember hearing the old gentleman 
narrate many anecdotes of the Revolution. Like the Spartan 
mother, who, when her son went to battle, said, "Return with 
your shield or upon it," so Levi Taylor's mother said to him, 
when he left his home to enter the Continental Army, "Levi, 
never let me hear of your being a coward," which shows the 
spirit of the mothers of 1776. 

Children of Levi Taylor, Willard N., b Sept. 10, 1785; Levi, Jr., 
b May 22, 1787; Sarah, b May 25, 1789, d Apr. 18, 1810; Speedy, 
b Apr. 6, 1 791; Martha S., b Oct. 9, 1792; Judith, b Apr. 15, 
1793, d Sept. 3, 1827. 

V. Willard N. Taylor, s of Levi Taylor,* (Ebenezer, Jr.,' 
Ebenezer,- John ^), m Jan. 21, 1808, Sarah Cooke, who was b Apr. 
26, 1783, d Jan. 22, 1842. He d Jan. 29, 1834. He was for 
many years a deacon in the Congregational church in Granby, 
where he died at the age of 48 years, a highly respected man. 

Children of Willard N. Taylor, Francis, b Oct. 14, 1808, d 
Apr. 12, 1810; Sarah, b Aug. 11, 1810, d Feb. 28, 1896; Francis 
William, b Sept. 27, 181 2, d July 22, 1814; George William, 
b July 17, 1814; Frederick, b July 26, 1816; Speedy Eliza, b 
Sept. 3, 1818, d July 26, 1846, unmarried; Francis Edson, b 
Dec. 27, 1820; Horace Willard, b Feb. i, 1823; Hervey Willard, 
b Apr. 26, 1825, d Oct. 7, 1827; Pamelia Judith, b May 17, 1827. 

VI. Sarah Taylor, dau of Willard N. Taylor,' (Levi*), m May 
31, 1836, David Smith Cooke, in Granby, son of Lucinda Taylor 
Cooke, and brother to Shubael. Note the intermarriages of 




FREDERICK TAYLOR 



DESCENDANTS OF EBENEZER, JR. q^ 

Taylors and Cookes. Children, Willard Sylvester, b Dec. 12 
1838; Sarah Louise, b Mar. 29, 1841, d Oct. 23, 1842; Susan 
Maria, b Jan. 23, 1845; Elbridge Coleman, h Apr. 11, 1847. 

VII. Willard Sylvester Cooke, s of Sarah Taylor Cooke" 

(Willard N.,^ Levi^), m (i) Dec. 28, 1868, Lavinia M. Moffit o'f 
Warehouse Point, Ct., who d Nov. 28, 1869; m (2) Nov. '25, 
1870, Delphina E. Underwood, of Amherst, Mass. One child 
by (i), Horace David, who d Aug. 4, 1870, at the age of one year. 
Willard Sylvester was educated at Amherst Academy, WilHs- 
ton Seminary, and at Amherst and Wilhams' Colleges, graduat- 
ing from the latter in 1861. After studying law a year, enlisted 
in Co. F, 37th Regt., Mass. Vols., serving until the close of the 
war, being on special duty most of the time. On his return to 
civil life, engaged in newspaper work, coming to the Boston 
Herald in 1875, and remaining with that paper until 1900, when 
he resigned, having risen during that period from reporter to the 
position of chief editor of the Evening Herald. 

VII. Susan Maria Cooke, dau of Sarah Taylor Cooke," (Wil- 
lard N.,^ Levi^), m Sept. i, 1874, Frankhn E. Smith, of Brook- 
lyn, N.Y. One child, Sarah Emerson, b about 1879. Mrs. 
Smith d July 15, 1891. 

VII. Elbridge Coleman Cooke, s of Sarah Taylor Cooke" 

(Willard N.,^ Levi^), m (i) in 1872, Addie C. Moffitt of Ware- 
house Point, Ct.; m (2) in 1881, Anna L. Reed, of Charlestown, 
Mass.; m (3) in 1886, Nellie Barnes, of Maynard, Mass. He 
died Aug. 10, 1891. Children by (2), Essala Louise, b Feb. 25, 
1883. On the death of her father she was adopted and edu- 
cated by Willard Sylvester Cooke. Alice Annie, h in 1885. 
Adopted at her mother's death by her mother's sister. 

VI. George William Taylor, s of Willard N. Taylor,^ (Levi '), 
m Oct. 2, 1844, Elvira L. Knight at Hinsdale, Mass., who was 
b Jan. 5, 181 7, d Dec. 10, 1883. He d Aug. 3, 1887. He was 
a man who never had aspirations for public office, was of re- 
tiring disposition and greatly devoted to home interests. Chil- 
dren, Willard Asher, h June 19, 1848; Ahbie Warren, b May 2, 
1854. 



94 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

VII. Willard Asher Taylor, s of George William Taylor,* 

(Willard N./ Levi^), m (i) Dec. 6, 1877, Ruth S. Lyman, at E. 
Brookfield, Mass., who d Aug. 19, 1884; m (2) Oct. 21, 1886, 
Clara L. Goldthwait, at Granby, Mass., who was born May 4, 
1856. Children, George Goldthwait, b Dec. 17, 1890; Elsie 
May, b May 2, 1896. 

It is a most interesting historical fact that Willard A. Taylor 
is the sixth generation in direct descent to own and occupy the 
original Ebenezer homestead, and holds the original deed given 
by Moses Cooke to Ebenezer Taylor, son of ancestor John, dated 
1744, over the seal of King George, in the seventeenth year of 
his Majesty's reign. Willard A. Taylor has been for thirty years 
a prominent citizen of Granby, holding many positions of re- 
sponsibility; has served as a member of the school board for 
more than twenty years and for much of that time as chairman, 
which position he still holds. There are few, if any, who have 
done more than he for the development of Granby' s excellent 
public schools. He has also served as selectman, and has been 
interested in political matters from his youth, always as a Repub- 
lican, acting upon the town committee, as well as committees 
of the legislative district and the county. Uniting with the Con- 
gregational church when a young man, he has been prominent 
in the affairs of the church and parish, and has been at various 
times superintendent of the Sunday-school, which office he fills 
at the present time. As a business man, in addition to farming, 
he has for many years conducted a Fire Insurance business, 
which has been locally very successful. 

VII. Abbie Warren Taylor, dau of George William Taylor,* 

(Willard N.,^ Levi^), m Aug. 27, 1884, Arthur Wilmot Fiske, 
who was born Apr., 1855. Children, twins, Wilmot Taylor and 
Winifred White, b June 6, 1888. Mrs. Fiske is a non-graduate 
of Mt. Holyoke Seminary, class of 1875. Mr. Fiske is a gradu- 
ate from Amherst, class of 1880, with degree of A.M. Both 
taught several years. Live in Granby. 

VI. Frederick Taylor, s of Willard N. Taylor,' (I^evi*), m (i) 
Jan. 5, 1840, Sarah H. Knight, dau of Rev. Joseph Knight, at 
one time pastor of the Congregational church, Granby. She 



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DESCENDANTS OF EBENEZER, JR. 95 

was b in Stafford, Ct., Nov. 21, 1819, d in Granby, Mass., Oct. 
5, 1855; m (2) Nov. 27, 1856, Mary I. Cowles, who was born in 
Granby, May 29, 1835. He lived in Granby, and d June 5, 
1901. 

Frederick Taylor was for many years engaged in the manu- 
facture of paper, under the firm name of Brown & Taylor, the mill 
being located in the north part of Granby, on what was known 
in early days as Batchelor's Brook, a few rods only from Levi 
Taylor's Woolen Mill. Later he was manager and one of the 
largest owners of a similar property in South Hadley, the busi- 
ness being very successful. He retired from active business 
several years before his death. Mr. Taylor was a stockholder 
and a director in the Home National Bank of Holyoke, and 
interested in various other financial affairs. He was for many 
years a selectman, and held various other positions of trust, 
including the office of justice of the peace. He was also an 
active worker in church affairs, and generous with his means. 
He was hkewise actively interested in the enlistment of troops 
during the Civil War, and was afterwards glad to aid in a sub- 
stantial manner the veteran who was in need. In politics he 
was a Republican, but quite content that others should hold the 
offices while he attended to business and town affairs. As a 
public-spirited and serviceable man, Mr. Taylor occupied a posi- 
tion in the very front rank. Children by (i), Joseph Knight, 
b Dec. 6, 1840, in Granby, d in the Civil War, Aug. 30, 1864. 

Infant son, h Apr. i, 1848, d on date of birth; Frank Ames, 
b Aug. 25, 1851, d Mar. 2, 1858; Henry Fowler, b Sept. 26, 
1853, d Apr. 25, 1854; Sarah Hyde, h Apr. 3, 1855, d Oct. 7, 
1855; all born in Granby; all died there except Joseph K. 
Children by (2), Georgie, b Jan. 5, 1858, d Mar. 21, 1858; Helen 
Irene, b Mar. 30, 1859, d Mar. 21, 1865; Frederick Cowles, b 
Nov. 4, i860; Arthur Strong, b Aug. 17, 1862, d Sept. 11, 1864; 
Angeline Cook, b Sept. 24, 1864, d Mar. 11, 1865; Horace San- 
ders, b Mar. 19, 1866; Mary Irene, b June 22, 1868; Harry 
Horton, b July 26, 1870; infant son, b Oct. 24, 1874, d on date 
of birth; Grace Agnes, b Aug. 7, 1880; all born in Granby. 

The following excellent sketch of the life of Joseph Knight 
Taylor is taken from the "History of Connecticut Valley": 



96 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

" Joseph Klnight Taylor was descended from Ebenezer Taylor, 
who was one of the first settlers of Granby, and a noted Indian 
fighter. His preliminary education was obtained at Williston 
Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., entering Amherst College in 
1 86 1, where he remained about one year, when he enlisted in 
Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry. The company was then 
under command of Capt. George L. Montague. He was pro- 
moted to first sergeant, and participated with his regiment in 
many of the battles of the Army of the Potomac. 

"On Aug. 21, 1864, he was wounded at Charleston, W. Va., 
where he rose from a sick-bed to accompany his comrades to 
battle. His wound, which was in the hip, was a severe one. The 
ball was extracted, and for a time hopes were entertained of his 
recovery; he wrote two letters in a hopeful spirit to his father; 
but a relapse followed, and he died suddenly, nine days after 
the action, in the field hospital at Sandy Hook, Md. He was 
a brave and efficient soldier, and would, undoubtedly, have re- 
ceived a commission had he survived his wound. 

"Sergt. Taylor belonged to that large class of the promising 
young men of the country who, leaving their homes and friends, 
cheerfully took up arms in defence of the imperiled liberties of 
the nation, and, whether in the duties of the camp, on the weary 
march, or amidst the clash of arms, did thoroughly and well 
whatever duty was assigned them. 

"While his great-grandfather, Levi Taylor, fought to establish 
a nation, so, ninety years later, Sergt. Taylor fought f>nd died to 
save it. 

"His remains lie in the cemetery of his native town, to which 
they were taken by his bereaved father. On his tombstone are 
these words: 

* Sweet after battle is the tired soldier's rest.' " 

VII. Frederick Cowles Taylor, s of Frederick,^ (Willard N.,* 
Levi*), and Mary Cowles, m Jan. 14, 1892, Emma L. Cham- 
berlain, of Grafton, Mass. Children, Frederick Chamberlain, b 
Apr. 9, 1893; Helen, b Sept. 14, 1894; Dorothy Louise, b Nov. 
23, 1898; all born at Hyde Park, Vt. Frederick Cowles Taylor 
graduated from Amherst College in 1884, and from Yale Divin- 




FRANCIS EDSON TAYLOR 



DESCENDANTS OF EBENEZER, JR. gj 

ity School in 1891. While in college he was much interested in 
athletics, and for some time captained the baseball team. 

Soon after graduating from the Divinity School he was called 
to the pastorate of the Congregational Church in Hyde Park, Vt., 
where he remained ten years. The relations between pastor and 
people were especially harmonious, and resulted in a substantial 
increase to the church. A new church building was erected dur- 
ing his stay. He resigned in 1901, and became pastor of the 
Congregational Church at Thorndike, Mass., where he is now 
located. 

Vn. Horace 8. Taylor, s of Frederick,^ (Willard N.,' Levi'), 
and Mary Cowles, m Feb. 15, 1892, Jessie May Bell, of Granby, 
Mass. One child, Harold Bell, b June 19, 1896. Horace Sanders 
Taylor is a prosperous farmer in Granby; a public-spirited 
citizen, and much interested in church and town affairs. He is 
at present a member of the board of assessors, which position he 
has filled for several years. 

VII. Harry H. Taylor, s of Frederick," (Willard N.," Levi '), 
and Mary Cowles, m April 27, 1898, Grace Bradish, of Med- 
ford, Mass. One child, Constance, b June 5, 1900. 

VII. Mary Irene Taylor, dau of Frederick," (Willard N.,^ Levi *), 
and Mary Cowles, m Oct. 29, 1902, John Hutchinson, of New 
York City. 

VI. Francis Edson Taylor, s of Willard N. Taylor,^ (Levi*), 
m Harriet Ames, of Belchertown, Mass. They had two children 
who died young. He was a carpenter, carrying on the business 
for several years in Springfield, Mass., after which he settled 
on a farm in Granby. He served as selectman several years, 
and died in Granby, Mar. 16, 1894. His widow survives him, 
living in Granby at an advanced age. 

VI. Horace Willard Taylor, s of Willard N. Taylor,'^ (Levi*), 
m Apr. 17, 1854, Ama Amanda Robinson, of Enfield, Mass., a 
graduate from Mt. Holyoke Seminary in 1847, under Mary Lyon, 
and later a teacher at Ipswich, Mass. He d at the Pennoyer 
Sanatorium, Kenosha, Wis., Aug. 29, 1898. 



98 HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

Horace Willard Taylor's early youth was spent in hard work 
on the farm and in the blacksmith shop of his brother-in-law, 
David Cook. He fitted for college at Amherst Academy, and 
graduated from Amherst College in 1848. He taught in Kil- 
lingly, Ct., and in Easthampton, Mass. In 1850 he went to 
Baltimore, Md., where he taught in a young ladies' school for 
seven years, meanwhile pursuing law studies. In 1857 he re- 
moved with his family to Rockford, 111., where the widow still 
resides. There he commenced the practice of law which he con- 
tinued until death. For about 30 years he was Master in Chan- 
cery. So just were his decisions that they were never reversed 
by the Superior Court in a single instance. He was always an 
active Republican in politics; helped to found the Rockford 
Y.M.C.A., of which he was the first president; was also presi- 
dent of the Winnebago Co. S.S. Association, and of the N.E. 
Society, and served in the lUinois legislature one term, — 1878- 
1880. 

Children of Horace Willard Taylor were, Agnes, b May 4, 
1857, in Amherst, Mass.; Frank Willard, h June 5, 1861, in Rock- 
ford, 111., d Oct. 14, 1862; Willard Robinson, b July 14, 1863, in 
Rockford, d in Chicago at Mercy Hospital, Oct. 21, 1882; Ama 
Sears, h Sept. 19, 1868, in Rockford, where she lives with her 
mother. She holds the degree of A.B. from Rockford College 
and Ph.B. from Oberlin College, Ohio. 

VII. Agnes Taylor, dau of Horace Willard Taylor,** (Wil- 
lard N.,'^ Levi'*), m Nov. i, 1881, James R. Crocker, of Chicago, 
III. ChMren, Sidney Willard, b May 6, 1883; Horace Bradford, b 
Oct., 1884, d Nov.. T884; Florence Agne% h Apr. 15, 1886; Hor- 
ace, b Nov. 17, 1891, all in Chicago. 

VI. Pamelia Judith Taylor, dau of Willard N. Taylor,^ (Levi,^ 
Ebenezer, Jr.^), m Nov. 8, 1848, George Julius Lyman. He, b 
Sept. 13, 1826; lives in Hartford, Ct. Children, Hattie Pamelia, 
b Dec. 17, 1849; Mf^n Eliza, b Feb. 24, 1852, d Dec. 22, 1862; 
Horace, b Dec. 28, 1853, d Mar. 28, 1858; Sarah Wadsivorth, b 
Dec. 29, 1856; Carrie, b Mar. 12, 1859; Henry Mills, b May 3, 
1861; Joseph Taylor and Jennie Cook (twins), b Sept. 20, 1864, 



DESCENDANTS OF EBENEZER, JR. qq 

first d May 3, 1903, second d Aug. 17, 1865; Edgar, b Nov. 12, 
1865, d Dec. 6, 1867; Eva Maria, b Apr. 2, 1869, d Nov. 16, 1894! 

VII. Hattie Pamelia Lyman, dau of Pamelia Judith Taylor 
Lyman,« (Willard N.,^ Levi^, m Jan. 11, 1871, Willard C. Moody, 
d Dec. 10, 1877. Children, Hattie Asenath, b Oct. 13, 1871, m 
Oct. 13, 1891, Fred L. Edson, had Mary Louise, b Oct. '26, 
1892, and Mabel Pamelia, b Jan. 16, 1895, d Jan. 26, 1897! 
Wilfred Lyman, b Sept. 6, 1874, m May 30, 1901, Hattie Edson, 
had Ruth Edson, b Aug. 31, 1902. 

VII. Sarah Wadsworth Lyman, dau'of Pamelia Judith Taylor 
Lyman,« (Willard N.,^ Levi 0, m Sept.^21, 1878, Joel B. Sexton. 
Children, Grace Harriet, b July 8, 1879, m June 5, 1901, Herbert 
Hastings, had Mabel Sexton, b July i, 1903; Mabel Pamelia, b 
Aug. 29, 1881, d Nov. 3, 1894; Horace Henry, b Apr. 22, 1885; 
Ralph Joel, b Aug. 19, 1889. 

VII. Carrie Lyman, dau of Pamelia Judith Taylor Lyman," 
(Willard N.,^ Levi^), m May 25, 1881, Eugene G. Kelley, d Nov. 
18, 1892. Children, Lewis Smith, b June 25, 1882; Ambrose 
Lyman, b Apr. 17, 1884; Marion Eva, b Jan. 22, 1886; Raymond 
Eugene, b May 28, 1888. 

VII. Henry Mills Lyman, s of Pamelia Judith Taylor Lyman,'' 
(Willard N.,'^ Levi ^), m (i) Nov. 26, 1887, Fannie E. Newton, 
who d Aug. I, 1890; m (2) July 4, 1891, Annie L. Edson. Chil- 
dren by (i), Florence Ruth, b Sept. 27, 1888; Fan7iie E., b Jan. 
8, 1890, d Aug. I, 1890. Children by (2), Clarence Stanley, b 
July 18, 1893; W Hired Henry, b Mar. 8, 1895; George Emerson, 
b Feb. 6, 1897; Gilbert Taylor, b Jan. 6, 1900; Eva Josephine, b 
Apr. 21, 1903. 

^ V. Levi Taylor, Jr., s of Levi Taylor,' (Ebenezer, Jr.,^ 

Ebenezer,^ John'), m Eunice Burnham, b 1789, d Sept. 2, 1859. 
He d Sept. 26, 1849. Levi Taylor was a man of great energy and 
business capacity, exerting a commanding influence in his native 
town. He belonged to the firm of " Samuel Ayres, Jeriel Preston 
and Levi Taylor," engaged in the manufacture of woollen goods in 



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lOO HISTORY OF JOHN TAYLOR OF HADLEY 

Granby, on Batchelor's Brook, and was the superintendent of the 
business. He served as selectman through seven terms, was 
elected several times as representative to the legislature, and was 
two years a member of the State senate. 

Children of Levi Taylor, Jr., Milo A., h Aug. 25, 18 17, in 
Granby; Jane, b 1822, d Oct. 4, 1827; Levi, b 1824, d Feb. 16, 
1825; James, b 1841, d Oct. 2, 1842. 

VI. Milo A. Taylor, s of Levi Taylor, Jr.,^ (Levi,^ Ebenezer, 
Jr.,^) m Sept. 11, 1838, Sophronia D. Benton, of Tolland, Ct., 
and d Apr. 21, 1869, i'^ Chicopee, Mass. Children, Levi B., 
b July 8, 1839; Jane, b Jan. 4, 1841; James A., b Sept. 8, 1842; 
Elsie B., b May 28, 1851; Minnie W., b June 24, 1858. All 
born in Granby. 

VII. Levi B. Taylor, s of Milo A. Taylor," (Levi, Jr.,^ Levi*), 
m Mar. 11, 1861, Mary Lamson, of Chicopee, Mass., and d 
Dec. 25, 1897, in Peoria, 111. One child, Alice S., m Horace 
Jacobs, firm of Jacobs, Whitcomb & Co., Boston. They live in 
Dorchester, Mass. 

VII. Jane Taylor, dau of Milo A. Taylor,^ (Levi, Jr.,^ Levi*), 
m Oct. II, 1876, Lyman Danks, of Chicopee, Mass., d Mar. 4, 
1881. 

VII. James A. Taylor, s of Milo A. Taylor," (Levi, Jr.,^ Levi*), 
m (i) Sept- 21, 1869, Ella Farnsworth; m (2) June, 1877, 
Carrie Whitehouse. Is a member of the New York Stock 
Exchange. Children by (i), Helen L., m Capt. H. P. Howard of 
the Regular Army; by (2), Allen W.; James B.; Florence; Elliott; 
Ralph; Isabella; Richard; Charles; Minnie, m and has one child, 
Kenneth S. These all live in Plainfield, N. J. 

VII. Elsie B. Taylor, dau of Milo A. Taylor," (Levi, Jr.,^ Levi *), 
in Oct. 14, 1873, Thomas H. Newcomb, Supt. of Factory B of 
[\\c International Silver Co., and resides in Shelton, Ct. 

VII. Minnie W. Taylor, dau of Milo A. Taylor," (Levi, Jr.,^ 
Levi^), m Oct. 27, 1880, Frank A. Wales, undertaker, and 
resides in Redlands, Cal. 




JUDGE HORACE WILLARD TAYLOR 



DESCENDANTS OF EBENEZER, JR. lOI 

V. Speedy Taylor, dau of Levi Taylor/ (Ebenezer, Jr.,^) 
m Elijah Fern-, b 1790, d July 31, 1856. She d May 17, 1818. 

V. Martha S. Taylor, dau of Levi Taylor* (Ebenezer, Jr.,^), 
m Medad Fern-, b Nov. 22, 1791, d Dec. 23, 1857. He was 
often intrusted vdih important to-^Ti business because of his 
abiht\- and strict integrity. She d Feb. 25, 1867. Children, 
Elvira, b Nov. 27, 1817; Martha A., b May 10, 1820; Cornelia, 
b Oct. 24, 1821, d Oct. 27, 1848; Sophronia A., b Dec. 11, 1823. 
Medad N., b Nov. 4, 1826, d Sept. 10, 1849; Sexton D., b Mar. 
12, 1830; Lucina, b 1832, d Oct. 18, 1849. 

VI. Elvira Ferry, dau of Martha S. Taylor Ferry,'^ (Le%-i*, 
Ebenezer, Jr.,^), m Rev. D. B. Spencer in Jan., 1866. He was a 
missionan,' to the Indians, among whom they labored together 
II years. She died 1883. 

VI. Martha A. Ferry, dau of Martha S. Taylor Ferry,^ (Le^^^ 
Ebenezer, Jr."j, m Urial Da\'is. She d i860. 

VI. Sophronia A. Ferry, dau of Martha S. Taylor Ferry,' 
(Le\'i,* Ebenezer, Jr.^), m Oct. 31, 1853, Charles Kellogg, b 
Mar. 21, 1829; both ]i\mg in Granby. Children, Charles M., b 
May I, 1855; Cornelia M., b Apr. 24, 1857, d Aug. 6, 1859; 
Homer F., b Sept. 13, i860; Nelson S., b Mar. 4, 1863; Flora A., 
b Mar. 19, 1868. 

VII. Charles M. Kellogg, s of Sophronia A. Ferry Kellogg,* 
(Martha S.,' Le\-i *), m May 2^, 1882, Anna Jane Bartlett, 
b 1857; H\ing in Granby. One child, Edith B., b Mar. 16, 1888. 

VII. Nelson S. Kellogg, s of Sophronia A. Ferry Kellogg,^ 
(Martha S.,' Len *), m Oct. 10, 19CX), Deha E. Taylor, dau of 
Charles M. Taylor, b June 20, 1877; H^-ing in Granby. One 
child, Florence Charlotte, b May 27, 1903. 

VII. Flora A. Kellogg, dau of Sophronia A. Ferry Kellogg,® 
(Martha S.,' Levi '), m May 23, 1894, \V. R. Jones, b 1867. 

VT. Sexton D. Ferry, s of Martha S. Taylor Ferry,** (Len *), m 
Esther K. Briggs, b 1834. 



LIST OF PLATES 



Facing 

Allen Taylor . . . ^^'^'^ 

*"''■■•••• 52 
Alzina Taylor Hapgood 

Ambrose Taylor 

"'■■•••••• 40 

Angel of the Lord 

22 
Ansel Miner Taylor 

''■••••... 60 

Betsey Taylor Marsh . 

• • • • . 26 

Bird's-eye View 

•••. 18 
Edward Leon Taylor 

Elbert Ozial Taylor • . . 72 

"■'•••••.. 4 

Elijah Pomeroy Taylor 

Famous " Wide Street " 

Frances Angelina Marsh . o 

„ . 28 

Francis Edson Taylor 

_, •' 96 

Frank Wayland Higgins 

Frederick Taylor 

George Sylvester Taylor . . . .'.'.*.* Frontispiece 

George William Taylor „„ 

Granby Church 

Horace Willard Taylor 

^ , ^ 100 

John W. Lane 

Justus Taylor . • • • • 3° 

^ 10 

Laartus Fuller 

Ozial Taylor . . 

^ 48 

Pamelia Taylor Wells 

Plin Allen Taylor 32 

Roland Taylor . X 

68 

Roxanna Taylor Fuller . 

••••••... 84 

Sylvester Harland Taylor 

Village of Hadley in 1663 

Webster-Taylor House . 

Zebina Taylor . 

56 



103 



TOPICAL INDEX 



Page 

Ancestral Beginnings 9 

Ancestral Hymn *7 

Authorities Consulted 4 

Beginnings in Hadley *5 

" Bird's-Eye View of Hadley " ^^ 

Burgoyne — Entertainment of in Hadley 22 

Burial Place of Ancestor *5 

Church in Hadley ^7,24 

DeedofEbenezer, Jr., over Seal of King George . . . -5.94 

Deed of Jacob to Silas 55 

Ebenezer— Descendants of 52 

Ebenezer — Descendants of, through Jacob (by Elisabeth), Ithamar, 

Samuel, and Benoni • • 5^ 

Ebenezer— Descendants of, through Jacob (by Ruth), David, Silas, 

Jerusha, and Lucinda • 72 

Ebenezer — Descendants of, through Ebenezer, Jr., Levi, and Wil- 

lardN 91 

Ebenezer, Jr. — Original Homestead of 94 

Environments of Ancestor 20-24 

Esther— Descendants of " ' ' * ^^ 

Explanatory — How the Genealogy came to be written ... 3 

"Going West" — Children of Silas 74-75 

Generations 30-101 

Jacob — Original Homestead of 55 

John the Ancestor — Family of 3° 

John (2) — Descendants of 32-34 

John (2) — Descendants of, through Moses, Oliver, Sylvester, 

George S., and others • 34-3^ 

John (2) — Descendants of, through Reuben, Reuben (2), Elijah, 

David, and Noah 38-52 

Lane, Elisabeth — Ancestry of S3 

Motto on Taylor Coat of Arms '3 

Officers of Association ^ 

Organization —Account of 5 

Origin of the Taylors " 

Palisades '^'^^ 

Plan of Genealogy ^z. 

Platting of Hadley *° 

Porter, Samuel — Descendants of 22 

Purchase of first Home by Ancestor J7. 19 

Purchase of Webster Place by Ancestor ^9 

Purchases later in Life 24-25 

104 



INDEX jQ- 

Regicides — Goffe and Whalley ■^*°^ 

Religion of Ancestors '••• 17.23 

Reunion at Mt. Tom . . .".'.'.". ' * ^4,25 

Reunion at Hadley • • • . 5 

Settlement of Taylors in Granby . . , ' . ' ' * ^ 

Silas Taylor — Original Homestead of . . . . * , ' " ^ l^ 

Taillefer, the Norman Baron . . . . ' , ' ' " * 55t 2 

Towne, Lydia — Ancestry of ' ' ' " '^'^ 

Towne, Rebecca and Mary, Executed as Witches " ' „ !! 

"Village of Hadley in 1663" . . . .'.'." " ^^ 

Webster House — Present Owner of . . ' . ' ' ' ' ^^ 

Webster House — Original Timbers of • • • . 7,20 

"Wide Street "of Hadley .... ^° 

Witchcraft . . ''' 

22,72,73 



INDEX OF THOSE BEARING THE NAME 

OF TAYLOR 



{The members indicate the page on which the name occurs one or 

more times) 



Aaron, 33, SI. 
Abbie S., 66. 
Abbie W., 93, 94. 
Ada, 50, 66, 67. 
Ada E., 58. 
Adaline, 69. 
Addison, 58. 
Adolphus, 72. 
Agnes, 98. 
Albert, 67, 69, 70. 
Alice, 67, 82. 
Alice S., 100. 
Allan C, 80. 
Allen, 41, 74,75, 79. 
Allen W., 100. 
Allie R., 51. 
Alvin L., 61 
Alzina, 74, 75, 86. 
Ama S., 98. 
Ambrose, 48. 
Andrew, 35, 38. 
Andrew J., 59, 62, 63. 
Angeline C., 95. 
Ann S., 35. 
Ansel M., 75, 76. 
Anson C, 35. 
Archie, 84. 
Ariel, 57. 
Arthur, 58, 67. 
Arthur B., 35. 
Arthur S., 95. 
Asahel, 39. 
Asenath, 72. 
Austin, 67. 

Belle, 38. 

Benoni, 56, 68, 71, 72, 

75- 
Bertha W., 71. 

Betsey, 39, 42, 72. 
Blanche, 71. 
Bret H., 85. 
Burr, 60. 

Calvin, 35. 
Campbell, 60. 
Carl, 85. 



Carl A., 85. 
Carl P., 80. 
Caroline, 83. 
Caroline E., 57, 59. 
CaroHne L., 39. 
Carrie L., 62, 63. 
Catherine, 51. 
Charles, 41, 60, 69, 70, 

100. 
Charles A., 35, 41. 
Charles H., 55, 59, 62. 
Charles M., 59. 
Chauncey, 57, 63. 
Chester, 57, 59. 
Chester L., 70. 
Clara, 82. 
Clara D., 48, 51. 
Clara M., 84. 
Clarence, 69, 85. 
Clarissa, 38, 57, 58, 74. 
Clarissa H., 80. 
Clifford, 41. 
Clinton A., 57. 
Clinton F., 59, 66. 
Constance, 97. 
Cora, 71. 
Cora A., 70. 
Cordelia, 78. 
Cynthia B., 41, 42. 

Dana, 49, 50. 

David, 33,39,48, 51,68, 

71,72,75,88. 
David E., 35. 
David T., 41. 
Delia, 59. 
Dell L., 84. 
Delia F., 63. 
Delos W., 70. 
Desire, 39. 
Dexter S., 59. 
Diana A., 48. 
Dinah, 51. 
Dorcas, 48, 49. 
Dorothy L., 96. 
Dorothy R., 41. 
Dorothy Q., 78. 
106 



Dwight, 6-}. 
Dyer, 48, 49. 

Earl G., 79. 
Ebenezer, 30, 53. 
Ebenezer, Jr., 52, 91. 
Eddie R., 80. 
Edna L., 85. 
Edward, 41, 50. 
Edward B., 45. 
Edward L., 83. 
Edwin, 38,46,47,59. 
Edwin B., 62. 
Edwin H., 84, 85. 
Elbert O., 75, 76. 
Eldridge, 41. 
Electa, 57. 
Electa M., 57. 
Elijah, 39, 42,48, 50. 
Elijah P., 42, 46. 
Elijah P., Jr., 46, 47. 
Ehsha, 33, 34. 
Elisabeth, 33. 
Elisabeth L., 83. 
Elisabeth M., 39, 40. 
Eliza, 38. 
Eliza W., 39. 
Ella I., 66, 67. 
Ellen S., 61. 
Ellen v., 50. 
Elliott, 100. 
Elmer, 50. 
Elmer R., 61. 
Elmer S., 85. 
Elsie B., 100, 
Elsie L., 51. 
Elsie M., 94. 
Elvie C, 85. 
Elvira, 35, 38. 
Elvira S., 75. 
Emeline, 79. 
Emeline C., 82. 
Emeline S., 59. 
Emily, 57. 
Emily A., 39, 40. 
Emily M., 57. 
Emily T., 46. 



Emma D., 41. 
Emma L., 50. 
Emmet, 65. 
Erastus, 35, 38. 
Eric L., 85. 
Ernest, 65, 70. 
Erwin F., 85. 
Esther, 30, 31, 72. 
Ethel, 65. 
Eugene L., 58. 
Eunice, 33, 51. 
Eunice F., 83. 
Eunice L., 57, 58. 
Evelina, 38. 
Ezra, 68, 69. 

F. A., 49. 

Fannie, 69. 

Ferna M., 70. 

Fidelia, 39. 

Flora, 71. 

Florence, 61, 65, 69, 100, 

Florence O., 51. 

Floy T., 84. 

Floyd, 70. 

Francis, 71, 72, 92. 

Francis A., 58. 

Francis E., 92, 97. 

Francis W., 92. 

Frank, 82. 

Frank A., 95. 

Frank C, 35. 

Frank L., 41, 76. 

Frank W., 98. 

Fred A., 35, 65. 

Fred S., 57. 

Frederick, 59, 92, 94. 

Frederick C, 95, 96. 

George, 41, 50, 66, 67, 

70, 88. 
George C, 46, 48. 
George G., 94. 
George M., 71, 74, 75- 
George S., 35. 
George W., 92. 
Georgie, 95. 
Gertrude, 70. 
Gertrude L., 49. 
Grace A., 95. 
Grace C, 79, 80. 

Hannah, 32, 34. 
Hannah E., 58. 
Hannah M., 57, 58. 
Harold B., 97. 
Harriet, 41, 63, 64. 
Harriet A., 66. 
Harriet L., 83. 
Harriet M., 35. 
Harriet N., 41. 



INDEX 

Harriet P., 46. 
Harry, 65. 
Harry H., 95, 96. 
Harvey W., 51. 
Hazel M., 85. 
H. Colton, 83. 
Helen, 61,69, 7i, 82, 96 
Helen A., 57. 
Helen I., 95. 
Helen L., 100. 
Helen M., 76. 
Henry, 38. 
Henry B., 65. 
Henry F., 95. 
Henry W., 41. 
Herbert E., 50. 
Herbert T., 50. 
Herrick, 40. 
Hervey W., 92. 
Hester C. B., 41, 42. 
Homer C, 62, 63 
Homer O., 57. 
Horace, 39, 66, 70. 
Horace S., 95, 97. 
Horace W., 92, 97, 98. 
Howard T., 61. 
Huldah, 34. 

Isabella, 100. 
Ithamar 55, 56, 57, 62. 
Ithamar S., 57, 58. 

Jacob 30, 33, 52, 54, 55, 
50, 62, 72. 
/James, 41,47, 100. 
James A., 58, 100. 
James B., 100. 
James C , 71. 
James E., 35. 
James H., 35. 
Jane, 69, 82, 100. 
Jane M., 62, 63. 
Jane R., 51. 
Jared, 39. 
Jasper, 71. 
Jasper E., 51. 
Jennie, 41. 
Jennie M., 62, 84. 
Jennie O., 85. 
Jerusha, 72, 89. 
Jerusha P., 39. 
Jessie B,, 35. 
Joanna, 31. 
Job S., 59, 60. 
John, 30, 32, 33, 34, 38, 

T f '53- 
John C, 82, 83. 
John G., 67. 
John T.,66. 
Jonathan, 30. 
Joseph, 32, 23, S3- 



107 

Joseph K., 95. 

Joseph N., 39. 

Josephine A., 39. 

Joshua, 30, 34, 53. 

Judith, 92. 

Julia, 60. 

Julia B., 57. 

Justin, 39. 

Justus, 39, 40, 41, 74, 75, 

78. 
Justus F., 34. 

Keziah, 48, 49, 
Kittie E., 58. 

Lathrop S., 46. 
Laura, 48, 68, 69. 
Laura M., 38. 
Leon W., 62, 63. 
Leslie, 66. 
Levi, 91, 92, 100. 
Levi, Jr., 92, 99, 100. 
Levi B., 100. 
Lillie, 47. 
Lillie B., 65. 
Linda, 66. 
Lizzie B., 84. 
Lois, 34, 52. 
Lorinda, 72. 
Lottie, 71. 
Louisa W., 82. 
Lucia, 49, 50. 
Lucia J., 55, 62. 
Lucilla J., 59. 
Lucinda, 72, 90. 
Lucius, 57, 59. 
Lucretia B., 39. 
Luman, 68, 69, 70. 
Lydia, 60. 
Lydia A., 78. 
Lydia L., 59. 
Lydia M., 84. 

Mabel E., 62. 
Margaret G., 83. 
Marguerite F., 83. 
Marie L, 85. 
Marilla, 71, 74, 88. 
Marion L., 63. 
Martha, 92. 
Martha C, 50. 
Martha J., 71. 
Martha S., 100. 
Martin, 71, 84, 85. 
Mary, 30, 33, 38, 49, 52, 

68. 
Mary E., 41. 
Mary L, 95, 97. 
Mary L., 35. 
Mary M., 39. 
Melintha, 68, 84. 



io8 



INDEX 



Melvin, 71. 
Mildred, 69, 85. 
Mildred E,, 63, 85. 
Milo A., 100. 
Minerva, 57, 88. 
Miranda, 72. 
Miner Mc, 76. 
Minnie, 100. 
Minnie W., 100. 
Morgan D., 48. 
Moses, 30, 32, 34, 53. 
Myron, 69, 71- 
Myron C, 48. 
Myrta R., 48. 
Myrtle, 71- 
Myrtle E., 85. 

Naomi, 57. 
Nellie, 41. 7°. 
Nelson A., 48, 49. 
Newton, 74. 
Newton A., 57. 
Noah, 39, 48. 
Noah C, 51. 
Nora E., 51. 

Olive, 49, 67. 
Oliver, 34, 35. 
Ozial, 74. 75- 

Pamelia, 42, 44, 66. 
Pamelia J., 92, 98. 
Paul, 31. 
Perry, 49. 
Philo, 84. 
Phoebe, 51. 
Phoebe J., 50. 
Plin A., 79. 
Policy, 42. 
Porter, 35, 38. 
Porter, Jr., 38. 



Rachel, 42, 43, 48, 50, 67. 
Rachel M., 71. 
Ralph S., 71, 100. 
Rena, 84. 
Reuben, 34, 39. 
Rhoda, 69. 
Richard, 100. 
Riley, 68, 69, 75- 
Robert, 71. 
Roland, 74, 82, 83. 
Roland L., 79, 80. 
Roland T., 83. 
Roswell, 39, 57, 63. 
Roxanna, 74, 75, 80. 
Roy A., 79, 80. 
Russell W., 49. 
Ruth, 31, 41, 42, 61, 66, 

83,85. ^ 
Ruth A., 46. 
Ruth Ann M., 46, 47. 

Sally, 35. 38- 

Samuel, 30,31,32,33, 53, 

56, 66. 
Samuel, A., 66. 
Sarah, 34, 38, 39, 91, 92. 
Sarah H., 95. 
Sarah J., 35. 
Shubael, 56. 
Silas, 31, 55, 62, 71, 72, 

74, 80, 84. 
Silas C, 85. 
Silas R., 85. 
Smith, 49. 
Speedy, 92, 100. 
Speedy E., 92. 
Squyres, 48, 49. 
Susan, 59, 78. 
Susanna, 56. 
Sybil, 42. 



Sylvester, 35, 39. 
Sylvester H., 55, 59, 62. 

Thankful, 30. 
Thankful M., 59, 60. 
Theodore E., 38. 
Theodosia, 42, 43. 
Theodosia P., 46, 47. 
Theresa, 63. 
Thomas 30, 52, 53. 
Truman, 69. 

Varnum N., 35, 38. 
Verner, 85. 
Viana, 67. 
Victor, 41. 
Violet, 30. 
Virgil B., 58. 

Ward, 69. 
Warren S., 71. 
WiUiam, 33, 34, 39, 4», 

59,61. 
William B., 70. 
William D., 46, 48. 
William H., 57, 58. 
William L., 62. 
William O., 35. 
William V., 57. 
Willard A., 93, 94. 
Willard B., 35. 
Willard N., 92. 
Willard R., 98. 
Willard U., 48. 
Willis A., 65. 
Winifred L., 76, 78- 

Zebina, 68, 74, 75, 84. 
Zella T., 80. 



INDEX OF THOSE WHO DO NOT BEAR 
THE NAME OF TAYLOR, INTERMAR- 
RIAGES, AND OTHERS 



Abbott, 43. 
Adams, 41, 78. 
Agett, 48. 
Alvord,35. 
Ames, 97. 
Andrews, 45, 46. 
Asch, 82. 

Babcock, 47. 
Bachelor, 67. 
Bacon, 45. 
Baker, 71, 72. 
Bagg, 67. 
Baggs, 62. 
Ball, 82. 

Barnes, 62, 81, 91, 93. 
Barstow, 67. 
Bartlett, 57, loi. 
Barron, 48, 50. 
Bass, 57. 
Beaman, 44. 
Beckwith, 50. 
Bell, 97. 
Benjamin, 75. 
Benton, 100. 
Blessing, 72. 
Bliss, 60. 
Bliton, 68. 
Bowers, 39. 
Boice, 57. 
Boutell, 44. 
Boynton, 62. 
Bradish, 97. 
Bray, 67. 
Brayman, 49. 
Brown, 46, 64. 
Brownson, 33. 
Briggs, 49, 10 1. 
Brooks, 80. 
Buckmaster, 41. 
Buckland, 35. 
Bull, 43, 78, 79. 
Bunnell, 41. 
Burnett, 38. 
Burnham, 50, 51, 99. 
Burr, 60, 72. 
Butterfield, 89, 90. 

Cady, 60. 
Calef, 48, 51. 
Campbell, 60. 
Carlisle, 42. 
Carter, 40. 
Carpenter, 69. 
Carver, 6^, 67. 
Causebrook, 79. 
Chamberlain, 90, 96. 
Champion, 40. 



Chapman, 43, 57. 

Chapin, 57, 79. 

Cheney, 49. 

Church, 31. 

Churchill, 66. 

Clapp, 90. 

Clark, 63, 68. 

Claus, 80. 

Cobb, 70. 

Cooke, 90, 91, 92. 

Colton, 82. 

Cooley, 59. 
Cooper, 68. 
Cossette, 69. 
Collins, 91. 
Cowdery, 75. 
Cowles, 95. 
Courtney, 65. 
Crocker, 98. 
Curtis, 45. 

Dada, 45, 46. 
Dake, 69. 

Danks, 100. ^ 

Darling, 50. 
Davis, 51, 89, Id. 
Day, 70. 
Dean, 50. 
Dewey, 30. 
Delany, 40. 
Delling, 46. 
Doty, 76. 
Donaldson, 43. 
Dorman, 38 
Durfee, 38. 
Durkee, 70. 
Dunn, 64. 

Eaton, 35. 
Eastman, 51. 
Easty, 72. 
Edson, 99. 
Eldred,4i. 
Ellsworth, 38. 

Failor, 46. 
Fairbanks, 59, 66. 
Farnsworth, 100. 
Ferry, 32, 57, 59, 63, 90, 

100, lOI. 
Filley, 80. 
Fiske, 94. 
Flagg, 65. 
Fogg, 87. 
Fletcher, 71. 
Folsom, 82. 
Foster, 50. 
Foote, 44. 

109 



Frary, 34. 
Freeman, 64. 
Freer, 79. 
French, 38, 50. 
Fuller, 46, 80, 81. 

Gay, 51 
Gamsay, 71. 
George, 79. 
Gerty, 41. 
Gilbert, 43. 
Gilkey, 47, 48. 
Goldthwait, 66, 94. 
Gove, 66. 
Gorton, 58. 
Granger, 40. 
Gray, 70. 
Graham, 71. 
Greene, 59. 
Green, 58, 65. 
Gregory, 45. 
Griffin, 50. 

Hadley, 41. 
Hall, 90. 
Halfhide, 71. 
Halstead, 60. 
Hamilton, 45. 
Hambaugh, 42. 
Hammond, 90. 
Hapgood, 86. 
Harmon, 70. 
Harris, 58. 
Harrison, 44. 
Hartman, 47. 
Hastings, 99. 
Hawes, 71. 
Hayes, 72, 85. 
Hendricks, 89. 
Hero, 42. 
Hess, 70. 
Herrick, 39. 
Hickoxe, 47. 
Hibner, 65. 
Higgins, 40, 86, 87. 
Hill, 43, 81. 
Hitchcock, 32, 68. 
Houghton, 59. 
Howes, 71. 
Howard, 100. 
Hulbert, 42. 
Hunt, 39. 
Hutchins, 79. 
Hutchinson, 97, 
Hyde, 50. 

Ingersoll, 70. 



no 



INDEX 



Jackson, 80. 
Jacobs, 100. 
Jewel, 85. 
Jones, loi. 
Judd, 38. 

Keller, 65. 
Kelley, 99. 
Kellogg, 30, 59, 84, 85, 

lOI. 

Kendall, 40. 
Keyes, 60, 61. 
Kingsbury, 82. 
Kirkham, 44. 
Knight, 93, 94. 

LafEerty, 85. 
Lathrop, 50. 
Lamson, 100. 
Lane, 53, 56, 85. 
Langdon, 47. 
Leslie, 61. 
Little, 40. 
Long, 46. 
Lord, 51. 
Ludding, 63. 
Lyon, 67 

Lyman, 61, 64, 65, 67, 94 
98. 

Mathews, 40. 
MacMillan, 46. 
MacLaurin, 81. 
Marsh, 42, 43, 57. 
Markham, 85. 
Melindy, 69. 
Meyres, 83. 
Miller, 40, 59, 84. 
McCall, 75, 82. 
McCoy, 40. 
McDonald, 40. 
McElhany, 64. 
McEvers, 49. 
Mclntyre, 47. 
McLain, 42. 
McLellan, 81. 
McNair, 70. 
Moffit, 93. 
Moody, 32, 67, 99. 
Moot, 84. 
Morton, 82. 
Montague, 32, 38. 
Myres, 82. 

Natter, 40. 
Newton, 99. 
Newcomb, 100. 
Nigh, 60. 
Nichols, 45. 
Nickols, 90. 
Nobles, 87. 
Nutz, 82, 83. 



Olds, 67. 
Oldham, 45. 
Orr, 81. 
Osborn, 41. 
Ousley, 41. 
Owen, 59. 

Page, 35, 59. 
Palmer, 58, 84. 
Patten, 83. 
Paton, 47. 
Palmiter, 43. 
Parsons, 43, 44. 
Pepper, 49, 50. 
Persons, 68, 85. 
Pettit, 64. 
Phinney, 68. 
Phillips, 70, 90. 
Pike, 72. 
Pinney, 66. 
Pingrey, 69. 
PoUey, 71. 
Pomeroy, 58. 
Post, 70. 
Potwine, 66. 
Poust, 70. 
Powers, 50. 
Pratt, 49, 83. 
Prest, 30. 
Preston, 89. 

Rawson, 34, 35. 

Raynor, 90. 

Reed, 50, 68, 93. 

Rich, 67. 

Richards, 30. 

Richardson, 49. 

Richmond, 90. 

Riley, 80. 

Robinson, 40, 48, 58, 97. 

Rogers, 47. 

Rood, 54, 88. 

Rose, 64. 

Rowe, 34- 

Rude, 65. 

Ryther, 64. 

S afford, 44. 
Sargent, 49. 
Sarsfield, 82. 
Selden, 30, 33, 89. 
Searl, 58. 
Sexton, 99. 
Simonds, 61. 
Scott, 64, 90. 
Scinner, 65. 
Scribner, 51. 
Shelley, 79. 
Sherman, 68. 
Shumway, 67. 
Sloan, 65. 
Smith, 31, 38, 40, 41, 43, 

44, 52, 61, 66, 76, 83, 

86, 92, 93. 



Snook, 51. 

Snow, 89. 

Spencer, loi. 

Stebbins, 90. 

Stewart, 65. 

Stetson, 34. 

Stiles, 45. 

Storms, 46. 

Streeter, 47. 

Strong, 34, 57, 58, 59, 60, 

68. 
Stryker, 41. 
Squyres, 48. 
Swift, 69, 70, 90. 
Sutherland, 70. 
Summers, 79. 

Teller, 47, 
Thayer, 80. 
Thomas, 85. 
Thompson, 49. 
Tibbitts, 46. 
Tilley, 89. 
Tisdale, 51. 
Toomer, 58. 
Towne, 59, 72, 74- 
Trowbridge, 58, 
Tyler, 65. 

Underbill, 48. 
Underwood, 93. 

Van Devoort, 45. 
Vaughn, 84. 
Vreeland, 89. 

Wales, 100. 
Walker, 61. 
Walrath, 47. 
Warner, 30, 31, 32, 33, 

38, 63. 
Wells, 44, 45, 46, 49. 
West, 35. 
Weston, 83. 
Westcott, 47. 
Wheeler, 49. 
White, 33, 54, 58, 82. 
Whitehouse, 100. 
Whitman, 69. 
Whitaker, 41. 
Williamson, 47. 

Wiley, 49.51- 
Winegar, 76. 
Wisner, 45. 
Witt, 67. 
Witherell, 69. 
Wolf, 46. 
Wolfe, 70. 
Woodard, 38. - 
Woods, 81,82. 
Wright, 78. 

Yeigh, 45. 
Young, 47. 



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A MEMORIAL 



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JOHN TAYLOR 



OF HADLEY 



BORN IN ENGLAND, . . 1639 

SETTLED IN HADLEY, . 1662 

MARRIED MARY SELDEN, i666 

DIED IN HADLEY, . . . 1713 



COMPILED BY 

ELBERT OZIAL TAYLOR 



" Consequitur Quodcunque Petit" 



1903 

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